Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a "fundamental risk to human civilization" and called for proactive regulatory measures, writes The Guardian.
In a speech given at the summer meeting of the National Association of US Governors in Providence, Rhode Island, Musk said, "Normally, regulations are imposed when a lot of bad things happen, there is a public scandal and after many years an agency is created to regulate an industry. "
"This is in the past a negative fact, but not something that represented a fundamental risk for the existence of civilization."
Musk has stated several times in the past that artificial intelligence is one of the most pressing threats to the survival of the human race.
"AI is the rare case in which I think you need to be proactive in terms of regulation rather than being reactive, because I think that when we are reactive in the regulation of artificial intelligence it will be too late," Musk warned, before adding: "AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization."