Jack Ma, Elon Musk spar on future of AI, humans, but agree: death is good
People could work as little as three days a week, four hours a day, with the help of technology advances
01 September 2019 - 00:22
Jack Ma says he believes artificial intelligence (AI) poses no threat to humanity, but Elon Musk called that "famous last words" as the billionaire tech tycoons faced off on Thursday in an occasionally animated debate on futurism in Shanghai.
The Chinese co-founder of Alibaba and the maverick industrialist behind Tesla and SpaceX frequently pulled pained expressions and raised eyebrows as they kicked off an AI conference with a dialogue that challenged those attending to keep up, veering from technology and Mars to death and jobs...
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