Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of companies like Tesla and SpaceXhas reiterated its firm belief that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually eliminate the need for humans to work, ushering in an era of “universal high income.”
In his recent remote participation in the conference Viva Technology in ParisMusk was asked if he was worried about losing his job to the AI and what would I do in that case.
“In a benign scenario, probably none of us will have a job. There will be universal high income, and not universal basic income. There will be no shortage of goods or services,” she responded, in statements collected by Fox Business.
According to the technology magnate, also owner of xthere is an 80% probability that advances in AI give rise to a situation where humans do not need a job and have everything they need.
“The question will really be: how, if a computer can do everything, and robots can do everything better than you, does your life have meaning?” That will really be the question in that benign scenario,” she noted.
Musk previously considered that artificial intelligence will eventually become so advanced that it will eliminate the need for humans to work. “I think we are seeing the most disruptive force in history here,” the billionaire said of AI during a meeting with the British prime minister. Rishi Sunak last year.
“It’s hard to say exactly what that point is, but there will come a point where no work will be needed,” he said.
The also founder of Neuralink described a scenario in which humans will live abundant lives, powered by intelligent robot companions, with “universal high incomes” rather than simply universal basic incomes. However, in this future where money and work are not an issue, Musk raised existential questions about the purpose of human life.
The billionaire suggested that humans could find meaning by giving meaning to AI systems themselves, just as our brain tries to make our limbic system happy.
“Maybe that’s the way it will be with the AItechnology is trying to make our cortex happy, which is trying to make our limbic system happy, and perhaps we are the ones who give meaning or purpose to artificial intelligence,” he speculated.
Although the vision of Musk It may sound utopian or dystopian, depending on your perspective, it is a reflection of your beliefs about the disruptive impact of technology on the future of humanity and work. As the AI continues to advance rapidly, its predictions raise profound questions about the meaning and purpose of human life in an increasingly automated world.
