Elon Musk: AI 'vastly more risky than North Korea'

Elon Musk has warned again about the dangers of artificial intelligence, saying that it poses "vastly more risk" than the apparent nuclear capabilities of North Korea does. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive took to Twitter to once again reiterate the need for concern around the development of AI, following the victory of Musk-led AI development over professional players of the Dota 2 online multiplayer battle game. If you're not concerned about AI safety, you should be. This is not the first time Musk has stated that AI could potentially be one of the most dangerous international developments. He said in October 2014 that he considered it humanity's "biggest existential threat", a view he has repeated several times while making investments in AI startups and organisations, including OpenAI, to "keep an eye on what's going on".