Elon Musk Tweets Warning About Dangers Of AI After Bot Beats DOTA 2 Pro

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been one of the most vocal proponents of increased regulation over developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning. This is despite employing AI for his cars’ auto pilot features and helping found OpenAI, which recently created a bot that thrashed a professional DOTA 2 player. Last Friday, the tech renegade reminded the world of how dangerous he thinks AIs are via Tweet.

Sending out an ominous post on Twitter last Friday with a picture that says “In the end, the Machines will win,” Musk once again made it clear where on the AI debate he stands. He even sent the comment with an appropriate caption referring to North Korea’s nuclear missile test.

“If you're not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea,” the Tweet reads.

What makes this statement rather interesting, however, is the fact that the startup OpenAI, which Musk is a founding member of showed the world just how effective AIs are at beating humans prior to his Tweet. During the major DOTA 2 competition called The International, the non-profit showcased a bot that handily beat a professional player at the game.

That Musk would Tweet something so concerning after OpenAI displayed what the landscape could look like in the future with the bot is certainly worthy of discussion. As Business Insider reported, Musk also quickly admitted that regulations are not people’s favorite thing. Yet, he also argued that just as tobacco and alcohol are given oversight, AIs should be given the same treatment.

In the greater scientific community, experts are also starting to join their voices with Musk, with acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking being one of the oldest forces in the debate. At this point, the only people who say that there is nothing to worry about are those heavily invested in pushing for more AI or machine learning developments for their own gain.