Technology: ‘There’ll be a point where no job is needed… AI will do all’

LONDON: In a much-hyped conversation between British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the conclusion of the AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK government, the duo discussed a range of issues from job threats posed by artificial intelligence to how AI-enabled robots could make good “friends” in the future.
“We are seeing the most destructive force in history here.There will come a point where no job is needed – you can have a job if you want one for personal satisfaction, but AI will do everything,” said Musk in response to a question about AI rendering certain jobs obsolete. Musk described AI as “a magic genie” that could grant limitless wishes and agreed with the need for a “referee” to monitor development of supercomputers of future. “It’s both good and bad – one of the challenges in future will be how do we find meaning in life.”
“Until now, the only people testing safety of new AI models have been the very companies developing it. We shouldn’t rely on them to mark their own homework, as many of them agree. Today, we’ve reached a historic agreement, with governments and AI companies working together to test the safety of their models before and after they are released,” said Sunak.