Musk knows Peter Thiel from their days at PayPal, and Thiel is MIRI’s biggest patron (or was, last I heard)—so it’s hardly surprising that Musk is familiar with the notion of X-risk from unfriendly AI.
Musk knows Peter Thiel from their days at PayPal, and Thiel is MIRI’s biggest patron (or was, last I heard)—so it’s hardly surprising that Musk is familiar with the notion of X-risk from unfriendly AI.