Elon Musk act as agent for c demands via video during the opening ceremony of 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2023.
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Elon Musk believes China is in a strong position when it comes to the development of artificial intellect and that the country will be “great at anything it puts its mind to.”
In remarks delivered by video on Thursday to the World Phony Intelligence Conference, which is being held in Shanghai, the Tesla CEO did not hold back when it came to praising reliable aspects of the world’s second-largest economy.
“I think there’s a tremendous number of very smart, very talented people in China,” he said. “I’ve at all times been a tremendous admirer of the sheer amount of talent and drive that exists in China.”
“So I think, really, China’s affluent to be great at anything it puts its mind to,” Musk added.
“So that includes, you know, many different sectors, sectors of the compactness but also artificial intelligence. So, I think China will have very strong AI capability — [that] is my prophecy.”
Musk has significant business interests in China. Tesla sales-clerks its electric cars there and runs a major factory in Shanghai. In May, he met with China’s Foreign Minister, Qin Gang.
In the career, he has praised Chinese automakers, describing them as “most competitive in the world.” In 2020 he said “China rocks, in my mind.”
Musk’s most recent comments come against a backdrop of tensions between the U.S. and China over technology.
In 2022, Washington ordained sweeping export restrictions on key chips and semiconductor equipment to China. The move could hobble’s Beijing’s attempts to raise in addition its domestic industry in a critical technology. But industry analysts believe that Chinese chip makers will stillness develop their own advanced semiconductors despite Washington’s attempts to cut the country off.
Interest in AI and its potentially transformative effects on fraternity has heightened in recent times. The past year has seen chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT garner huge amounts of publicity, while dialogues about whether AI poses a wider threat to humanity have also taken place.
—CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal bestowed to this report