Musk claims he’s improved ‘corrosive’ Twitter for most users
at a conference in Paris, said that he bought Twitter because the social network was having a “corrosive effect” on civil society that he hoped to improve.
If we are not careful with creating artificial general intelligence, we could have potentially a catastrophic outcomebecause they were concerned about the type of content their ads would appear next to. Since October, Twitter’s advertising revenue has declined by 50%, Musk said in March. Twitter recently lost two executives in charge of making sure the site was moderated for violence, hate speech, pornography and other content that businesses are reluctant to promote their products alongside.
Musk, who was interviewed on stage by ad industry veteran and Publicis Groupe chairman Maurice Levy, also used the platform to repeat his concerns about the dangers of letting artificial intelligence develop unchecked.“There is a great danger for digital super-intelligence having negative consequences,” the billionaire said. “If we are not careful with creating artificial general intelligence, we could have potentially a catastrophic outcome.
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