Elon Musk says there’s a ‘not zero’ chance of AI being a force for bad

• Elon Musk thinks AI would most likely be a force for good — but there’s a 20% chance the tech could go bad.
• Musk, who was in conversation with UK Prime Minister Sunak, also said AI would make jobs obsolete.
• Musk, an OpenAI cofounder, is an outspoken advocate of AI regulation.

Elon Musk thinks AI can mostly do positive things for humankind — but he is also saying there’s a non-zero chance of the tech being a force for bad.

“AI will be a force for good most likely,” Musk said in a discussion with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday. “But the probability of it going bad is not zero percent.”