Elon Musk just said human-level AI could be with us much sooner than previously thought

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed his electric car company is working on its own artificial intelligence computer chips that he claims could be "the best in the world." At a private event in California on Thursday, Musk said Tesla engineer Jim Keller is working on artificial intelligence that will presumably be implemented in the company's self-driving car technology. "I wanted to make it clear that Tesla is serious about AI, both on the software and hardware fronts," Musk said, according to the technology news site The Register. "We are developing custom AI hardware chips… Jim is developing specialized AI hardware that we think will be the best in the world." Musk's comments followed reports from CNBC earlier this week that Tesla is working with chip maker AMD to develop its own self-driving hardware.