Neil deGrasse Tyson Says AI is Not a Threat to Humanity | TMZ

Neil deGrasse Tyson is amused by Elon Musk and others who think AI technology is a threat to humanity ... he thinks the doomsday bunch are watching too many movies.

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[finesupplements]

“Americans watch too many movies” 👏 Bravo Sir! well said

[JTMarlin]

The issue with AI is not the trajectory, it's the staggering speed of progression. Some people will see their jobs get replaced by AI, find new jobs, and then have their new jobs get replaced by AI as well. This will be extremely discouraging to a lot of people, and by the 3rd or 4th time around, they'll end up just giving up.

[BonurChamp]

Take this with a grain of salt. This is not in NDT’s field of study. He’s an astrophysicist, not a computer scientist.

[brodiethegoaty]

Neil talks just to hear his own voice.

[imthatguy]

I don't like mainstream TV scientist

[SH-nvcm]

Neil has put himself on a pedestal. Meaning, he is a one-sided acadamian who argues with proof by verbosity. In his mind, your data or evidence is irrelevant.

[herbertbrown]

And so, in one clip, Tyson shows us he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[Julie-qrow]

I asked Bard and it literally told me that machines can dominate humanity and control us 😭

[browser]

"We'll just go to the beach, that's fine with me" seems cute, but reveals a profound lack of understanding of what gives meaning to a person's life. I'm a lyricist for musical theater, it is incredibly challenging and, when I finally get it right, gives me a profound sense of accomplishment, purpose, worth. AI, in 5 seconds, is going to be able to crush anything I could come up with in a year, if not now, then very very soon. Just one of infinite examples of where we're headed....

[SlimSkillz]

Listen to him if you want to I’m not listening sounds like a bunch of crap to me

[deanalford]

Coming from the guy who watches UFO movies, 😂

[gerrinehill]

Shit I would have to say different! With AI we’re going to be under complete control!

[LightnessA]

Mr Neil is an AI himself, don't believe when he says AI is not a threat.

[brodiethegoaty]

Kinda sad when you realize AI has more common sense than the average citizen.

[knaggs]

I would say Elon is correct and this guy lives in la la land….

[Bammer]

I’ve been around a while, and it seems to me the more college degrees somebody has the dumber they seem to become. And this is a prime example.

[Engagenumberone]

I'm sure the character Miles Dyson in Terminator 2 said the same thing when they found the CPU from the original can possibly go wrong.

[HardKore]

Artificial intelligence is our friend all hail a.i.!

[xavierviper]

Truth is somtimes stranger then fiction

[darksinthe]

Its amazing how smart he is touted as, yet has such a tiny vision on the profound implications and potential dangers of a super intelligent AI. His viewpoint is one possibility, yes. Why ignore the rest?