Artificial intelligence is bigger threat to civilisation than North Korea, Elon Musk claims

The billionaire technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has suggested that artificial intelligence is a greater threat to civilisation than the North Korean regime. In a series of tweets on Monday the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX said that "AI superiority at national level [is the] most likely cause" of a third world war. Musk, who has put millions of dollars into trying to ensure that AI is developed safely, regularly raises fears about AI. Along with the likes of Professor Stephen Hawking he