These comments can increase the fear and anxiety workers always had that these super-computers will replace them in future. What are your thoughts regarding the statement by Elon, do you think we should take him seriously?
I don't agree with Elon Musk on this one, while it's true that AI is disrupting the job markets around the world, making the majority of jobs obsolete seems unrealistic at the moment. Manual labour like in construction or the service industry is still very important and something AI can't take over easily. In my opinion the impact of AI is mostly going to be for efficiency purposes and as a tool to support the existing workforce. It's good to argue about these topics publicly and see what other people think about them, only with a dialogue we can get the best possible regulations for the AI sector. However, just because someone is the richest man in the world doesn't mean he is always right. Being cautious about AI is good, but we shouldn't be fearful about everything new with AI. Let's imagine the whole workforce becomes obsolete and AI would take over 70% of all the jobs. The world would stop functioning very quickly with unemployment rates of more than 50%, there would be new elections and we would get much more radical political parties. Who would freely live and vote in a country that exploits all their people to support a few business owners with their AI run companies? It only takes half of the population to change all the laws and a ban on AI would quickly come into place if the world would become so extreme.