Billionaire CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are trading jabs online over the future of artificial intelligence.
In a Facebook Live broadcast from his backyard on Sunday, Zuckerberg, the social media networkâs CEO, suggested that Musk is âirresponsibleâ for highlighting the dangers of AI.
Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX and Tesla Inc., responded on Twitter by saying that Zuckerbergâs âunderstanding of the subject is limited.â
In what started out as a in his backyard, chatting about grilling and Sunday family rituals, he fielded questions from viewers on various topics, including philanthropy and the evolution of technology.
One viewer wrote that he recently watched an interview in which Elon Musk said that AI was his biggest fear for the future. The viewer asked Zuckerberg for his thoughts on AI.
âI have pretty strong opinions on this. Iâm really optimistic,â Zuckerberg replied. âI think you can build things and the world gets better. With AI especially, Iâm really optimistic. I think that people who are naysayers and kind of try to drum up these doomsday scenariosâŚI donât understand it. Itâs really negative and in some ways I actually think itâs pretty irresponsible.â
In response to an article about Zuckerbergâs comments, Musk tweeted: âIâve talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited.â
I've talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited.
â Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
When someone on Twitter told Musk that he should argue his case in âa well written blog piece,â he responded with: âMovie on the subject coming soon,â without elaborating.
Even though Muskâs company Tesla is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, he has issued multiple dire warnings about artificial intelligence in the past. More recently, he said AI poses âa fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.â
Zuckerberg said on Sunday that he strongly believes AI will improve and save human lives in the future, especially when it comes to health-care technology and self-driving cars.