Elon Musk says AI is about to outperform the smartest person

Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicts artificial intelligence (AI) smarter than the smartest person could be developed by 2025 or 2026.

In a recent X Space interview, Elon Musk told Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) CEO Nicolai Tangen that the next version of Grok, the AI ​​chatbot from his startup xAI , is expected to Expected training will be in May 2024.

Elon Musk predicts that AI smarter than the smartest person could be developed by 2025 or 2026 - (Photo: REUTERS)

'If you define AGI (generalized AGI) as smarter than the smartest person, I think maybe this will be possible next year, or within the next 2 years,' Mr. Musk said when asked about the timeline. AGI development.

Mr. Elon Musk founded xAI in 2023 to become a competitor to OpenAI, the company he sued for abandoning its original mission of developing AI for the benefit of humanity, not for profit.

According to Reuters News Agency, OpenAI later denied Elon Musk's accusations.

According to Mr. Musk, training the Grok 2 model requires about 20,000 Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs) , adding that Grok 3 versions and above will require 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips.

Elon Musk said that although the chip shortage is a major obstacle to AI development at the moment, power supply will be very important in the next year or two.

Speaking about electric vehicles (EVs), Mr. Musk reiterated that Chinese automakers are the 'most competitive in the world', while also posing the 'toughest challenges' for Tesla.

Previously, Elon Musk warned that electric car manufacturers from China would beat global competitors if they did not encounter trade barriers.