This may seem like an exaggeration, but that doesn't mean the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't think it could happen. In a tweet, Elon Musk stated that the Tesla robots he recently talked about, called Optimus, "may play a role" in the emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) - a term meaning AI artificial intelligence equal to or even superior to human intelligence.
"Tesla AI could play a role in AGI with Optimus development," Musk tweeted. The billionaire explained that Tesla's AI R&D department, which is tasked with building the company's smartest autonomous vehicles, could soon help make conscious AI a reality.
That's because, as Musk said, the car's artificial intelligence will include real-time information and data from the environment and will get even smarter with the launch of Optimus robots.
It remains to be seen when, if any, Tesla Optimus robots will appear
Although it is probably still a long way from the implementation of AGI, and even more so before its implementation, this topic has already begun to be discussed more often.
In 2021, for example, former Google CEO Mo Gawat warned that bloodthirsty robots like Skynet from the Terminator series were inevitable, a sentiment that is consistent with Musk's own belief that conscious robots "are coming anyway." '.
Tesla robots will not appear soon, but are already causing controversy
When a fan asked on Twitter about the possibility of "going AGI crazy", Elon Musk responded that Tesla would do "everything possible" to keep technology in check and that "decentralized control over robots will be critical."
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It's no surprise that AGI warnings come from a man who claims his mission is to make humans a multi-planetary species. This is an additional reason to take seriously the possibility that at some point technology will turn against humanity.
