The Tesla founder is known for his pessimism about artificial intelligence. And he is sure that in the near future everyone will feel the destructive power of algorithms - by the search feed and the tone of discussions on social networks. Now this is already happening with his Twitter account.
The Tesla founder has long been convinced that the development of AI will put humans on a par with apes. In a new discussion on Twitter, he stressed that the consequences of the negative impact will be felt much earlier: smart algorithms will poison social networks.
“If advanced AI (better than bots) is not yet used to manipulate social networks, then this will happen soon,” he said.
As noted by Business Insider, in this case, Elon did not explain what kind of "advanced AI" he was talking about, as well as the essence of manipulation.
The possibilities for this are expanding literally every day: AI already recognizes languages better than humans and generates texts indistinguishable from real ones.
On the example of Musk himself, you can see how this is happening now with the use of completely mundane technologies. Bots often try to impersonate the founder of Tesla and SpaceX in dialogues with users seen among the readers of his account. In the most innocuous case, a bot account with an avatar of Mask offers to visit a certain site, receiving a "prize" for this.
Another use case for Twitter bots is the huge networks for pumping political commentary. They are often associated with Russia, and in the United States it is generally accepted that they influenced the course of the 2016 election campaign.
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Interestingly, experts are expressing concern about a different AI algorithm. Deepfake pioneer Hao Li is confident that in 6-12 months, fake videos will become indistinguishable from real ones. This will happen just in the midst of a new election campaign in the United States.
Alexander Noskov