This is an excerpt from the article originally published in Euronews.
Elon Musk predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) will soon surpass human intelligence, becoming so ubiquitous that “intelligence that is biological will be less than 1 per cent”.
The billionaire behind SpaceX, Neurolink, and Tesla, and the owner of the social media X, made the comments during an on-stage appearance on Thursday at the 27th annual Global Conference organised by the Milken Institute.
Answering questions from the audience on topics including AI, he responded that “AI might be the most important question of all”.
“The percentage of intelligence that is biological grows smaller with each passing month. Eventually, the percentage of intelligence that is biological will be less than 1 per cent,” Musk said.
Musk did not appear to envisage how long this will take. For the moment, AI has a lot of shortcomings and still requires human assistance, or the other way around.
“Biological intelligence can serve as a backstop, as a buffer of intelligence. But in percentage, almost all intelligence will be digital,” he added.
