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LONDON — Elon Musk sat down with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London’s Lancaster Home on Thursday night time for a chat that veered nearer to “love-in” than interview.
Within the lavish gold-trimmed room the place Theresa Might gave one among her most well-known Brexit speeches, the tech tycoon and British PM had been joined by an viewers that included Cupboard ministers, tech execs and — considerably improbably — the American rapper will.i.am.
Right here’s what we discovered because the dialog unfolded:
Elon thinks you gained’t have to work
The world’s richest man predicted a “way forward for abundance” from advances in AI fashions.
“There’ll come a degree the place no job is required,” Musk mentioned. “You possibly can have a job if you wish to have a job … however the AI will have the ability to do the whole lot. I don’t know if that makes folks snug or uncomfortable.”
Sunak, who can be out of a job himself after the following U.Okay. election if present polls are appropriate, laughed alongside nervously.
Rishi ought to depart the journalism to the professionals
The format was meant to be Sunak interviewing Musk — however the PM’s prolonged questions diverged into itemizing his personal achievements and heaping reward onto the tech tycoon.
“You’re identified for being such an excellent innovator and technologist,” the PM gushed, throughout one try to get a query out.
Rishi loves Massive Tech
Sunak sees the AI Security Summit as a key a part of his legacy, and has been cozying as much as main AI lab founders over the past six months. This occasion was no completely different, with the PM taking his probability to listing his pro-tech and pro-investment insurance policies and to heap reward on Musk, who owns Tesla, SpaceX and X.
“It’s been an enormous privilege and pleasure to have you ever right here,” the British prime minister advised Musk as they left the stage.
The love-in was mutual
Musk can play down the provocateur shtick and dial up the appeal when he must.
He ticked each field for Sunak, praising London as a vacation spot for AI firms, hailing the AI Security Summit’s achievements and — crucially — backing Sunak’s resolution to ask China to the Bletchley Park occasion, which has angered some lawmakers within the U.Okay. Conservative Celebration.
“Thanks for inviting them,” Musk mentioned. “Having them right here is crucial. In the event that they’re not members, it’s pointless.”
AI is your new greatest pal … or worst enemy
It wasn’t simply Sunak and Musk constructing a friendship on Thursday night time. Musk predicted that people extra typically will make deep friendships with AI as soon as the know-how turns into clever sufficient.
However within the elements of the dialogue the place they debated the dangers of frontier AI fashions, Musk known as for a “referee” and an “off swap” built-in to fashions to “throw it right into a secure state.”
Sunak additionally mentioned AI-generated misinformation can be a “actual subject” in elections going down subsequent yr, together with within the U.Okay. “Most likely,” he added teasingly, given the election might but be pushed to January 2025.
Musk, whose personal social media platform has been stricken by misinformation, mentioned he wished to make X as “correct as potential and as truthful as potential.”
Good luck, as they are saying, with that.