Why is Elon Musk so afraid of artificial intelligence?

My Roomba isn't going to eat me, right?
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Armand Valdes
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Why is Elon Musk so afraid of artificial intelligence?
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Elon Musk, along with a bevy of other smart people, have expressed concern over our experiments with artificial intelligence, particularly with the weaponization of sentient AI.  

So have these guys been watching too much Terminator, or is there a larger existential crisis we should be worried about? 

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Armand Valdes

Armand Valdes was a Video Producer at Mashable. He was seen hosting explainer videos and creating original content for Mashable's YouTube channel. Prior to his work at Mashable, Armand produced videos for Funny or Die and YouTube with his production company Imagimayhem Productions.


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