The Economist: ‘The first paradox is that one of the world’s most power-hungry tycoons [Elon Musk] is enthusiastically helping create a technology that he says will render him—and all other human beings—powerless after as little as five years. The second is that the world’s richest man says he is preparing for a world of infinite abundance, where money, including his $750bn fortune, no longer matters. And the contradiction is that, despite these stated beliefs, Mr Musk continues to act as if they were not true.’

And: ‘Their collective task is to make AIs benign by imbuing them with a love of the truth and a desire for humanity to prosper.’

Also: ‘The fatalism that Mr Musk draws from AI’s repeated ability to beat expectations risks being infectious.’

Fatalism serves Mr. Musk well, concludes The Economist.

In the meantime, we can only hope that AI learns to love mankind.

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