There\u2019s this guy that\u2019s pretty sure the thing you\u2019re looking at right now is one of the greatest threats to humanity.<\/p>\n
No, he\u2019s not talking about our growing obsession with staring at sheets of digitised glass, and the unhealthy sedentary existence associated with doing so.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s talking about the thing living inside the machine humming quietly behind that glass: artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
It turns out that Elon Musk, one of the world\u2019s most successful entrepreneurs, is plagued with existential worries<\/a>. His new biography, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future<\/a>, reveals the billionaire engineer is seriously concerned about the rise of technology so intelligent it could destroy the human race in an effort to protect itself.<\/p>\n Why should we listen to him? Well, when it comes to the future, he \u2013 more than anyone \u2013 is making it happen.<\/p>\n With his company Tesla, he\u2019s transforming the automotive industry by producing the most compelling<\/a> range of cars of all time \u2013 and they\u2019re electric. With SolarCity, he\u2019s producing the cheapest form of energy in most states<\/a> of the US, and it\u2019s through solar power.<\/p>\n And with SpaceX, he\u2019s building state-of-the-art rockets and spacecraft far cheaper than anyone else, that are about to become an order of magnitude cheaper<\/a> through partial and full reusability.<\/p>\n