Elon Musk meeting Chinese Officials
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and one of the world’s richest men met higher officials of China in Beijing last week. The meeting was to discuss the technological advancements in Artificial Intelligence. In due course of discussion, the Chinese officials expressed their plan to put regulation on the Artificial Intelligence technology since it can cause a lot of harm to human mankind if not regulated at the right time.
“Something that is worth noting is that on my recent trip to China, with the senior leadership there, we had, I think, some very productive discussions on artificial intelligence risks, and the need for some oversight or regulation,” Musk said.
“And my understanding from those conversations is that China will be initiating AI regulation in China,” he added.
Elon Musk’s Interest in China
Elon Musk always had extensive interest in China which has been a reason of worry for the United States. Since, China and US are ideologically on two complete opposite directions. There have been some incidents in the past which has showed Musk’s clear interest in China.
Elon Musk lavished praise on China
Although, Musk has not shared any details on hi visit to China, official channels state that he lavished praise on the country. They further said that Tesla CEO trusts Chinese Markets.
There has been a rush in the Chinese markets since the release of ChatGPT. China wishes to prepare AI services that has feature of human speech. But as quick are the developments in the technology, the threats that come along with it are also nearing day by day. It has become relatively difficult to cope up with the second side of the coin. So China is very well planning to put regulations to it. It has definitely become the need of the hour to first know the limit to where the technology should go and then decide on the developments that should be made to it.
