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And he called for the establishment of a new government regulator that would force companies building artificial intelligence technology to slow down. People who spend more time working on artificial intelligence than the car, space, and solar entrepreneur say his eschatological scenarios risk distracting from more pressing concerns as artificial intelligence technology percolates into every industry. His propensity for raising sci-fi scenarios comes despite being very directly exposed to some of the near-term questions raised by artificial intelligence. We might also fear the risk of apocalyptic talk preventing awareness that society has more immediate AI problems to work on too.