The letter urges authorities to protect U.N. countries from “lethal autonomous weapons” that can be used for terror or hacked in “undesirable ways.” According to the signatories, all of whom are founders and C-suite executives of robotics or artificial intelligence companies, these weapons “threaten to become the third revolution in warfare.”
“We do not have long to act. Once this Pandora’s box is opened, it will be hard to close,” they write.
Mr. Musk has not been shy when calling for government regulations on AI. Earlier this month, he tweeted AI holds “vastly more risk” than North Korea.
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