Elon Musk: World War 3 Will Be Started by a Preemptive AI Nuclear Attack

Stating in a tweet this week that artificial intelligence would be the most likely cause of World War 3, entrepreneur and tech mogul Elon Musk added a new chapter to his crusade against unregulated AI. Coming on the heels of Vladimir Putin's pronouncement that the best innovator in AI technology would be the next global leader -- as well as Musk's own statement that AI is more dangerous than North Korea -- the new tweet comes amid a peak of global tensions regarding nuclear ICBMs. Govts don't need to follow normal laws. They will obtain AI developed by companies at gunpoint, if necessary. Musk has positioned himself as a neo-Luddite in the AI race but has also made the controversial claim that the best way for us to safeguard human civilization against runaway AI is to essentially merge our minds symbiotically with AI technology.