Musk warns 'the world is accelerating towards collapse'

Be it climate change or rogue artificial intelligence, Elon Musk often turns to Twitter to share his concerns regarding the future of life on Earth. Responding to a recent article which argues the world may soon hit ‘peak person’ as fertility rates drop, Musk warned the global population is ‘accelerating towards collapse, but few seem to notice or care.’ Scroll down for video Be it climate change or rogue artificial intelligence, Elon Musk often turns to Twitter to share his concerns regarding the future of life on Earth. Responding to a recent study, the SpaceX boss warned AI could outperform humans sooner than estimated AI COULD OUTPERFORM HUMANS IN ALL TASKS IN 45 YEARS In a new study, researchers from Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute, Yale University, and AI Impacts surveyed 352 machine learning experts to forecast the progress of AI in the next few decades. While humans may be able to stop a runaway algorithm, there would be ‘no stopping’ a large, centralized AI that calls the shots, Musk argued in a recent interview with Vanity Fair. Despite his own role in the advancement of the technology, Musk has long warned that the machines built by humans could one day lead to our destruction ‘It gave me more visibility into the rate at which things were improving, and I think they’re really improving at an accelerating rate, faster than people realize,’ Musk told Vanity Fair.