Elon Musk tells Sunak AI means we won’t have to work anymore

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ‘Be careful what you wish for’: Elon Musk warns about power of artificial intelligence Mr Musk joked: “Often I have to enter a suspension of disbelief … burning the 3am oil, I think ‘Why am I doing this, I can just wait for the AI to do this’.” Dismissing fears that AI would destroy the economy, Mr Musk said there would be an “abundance” of opportunities for new services. “He hasn’t got a clue.” open image in gallery Rishi Sunak with Elon Musk at post-summit discussion Earlier, the Tory leader said AI could be the best thing that ever happened to the human race – claiming the Bletchley Park summit would “tip the balance in favour of humanity”. Mr Sunak said “we’ve all watched” movies about robots that end with the machines being switched off, saying the importance of an off switch had been discussed at the Bletchley Park summit. open image in gallery Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk joked about Terminator movies Earlier, Mr Sunak hailed a “historic” voluntary agreement from tech companies developing “frontier” AI to allow independent testing of the safety of new models.