Experts including Elon Musk call for research to avoid AI 'pitfalls'

An open letter from AI researchers warns of pitfalls ahead, and lays out a plan for avoiding them while improving the quality of artificial intelligenceMore than 150 artificial intelligence researchers have signed an open letter calling for future research in the field to focus on maximising the social benefit of AI, rather than simply making it more capable.The signatories, which include researchers from Oxford, Cambridge, MIT and Harvard as well as staff at Google, Amazon and IBM, celebrate pr