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Elon Musk: “Probably within five, like, say 20, 30, probably AI is…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Published | Video Starts at 31:22

And my guess is that I think that we might have AI smarter than any single human at anything as soon as next year. Wow. And then Probably within five, like, say 20, 30, probably AI is smarter than the sum of all humans. Do you think humans are on the decline because the AI is evolving? Do you think there's this evolution of the ecosystem on Earth that's underway, that we don't really understand the structure of what's going on? (31:22–31:29)

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Asserts that by 2030, AI could surpass the collective intelligence of all humans.

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