Tesla CEO Elon Musk described artificial intelligence as "our human civilization faces our face" on Saturday when attending an event held by the American Governors Association on Saturday. "The greatest risk" and called on the government to take quick and decisive measures to regulate the development of this technology.

Musk joined Nevada Gov. Brian Sandova to participate in a Q&A session of the event. Musk seemed unusually melancholy, saying: "When it comes to AI, I can access the cutting-edge AI technology, and I think people should really pay attention to it."

Musk has long been calling for caution against the risks posed by artificial intelligence. But his remarks about artificial intelligence this time are still worthy of attention. On the one hand, he is the severity of the risk of artificial intelligence he described, and on the other hand, he strongly demands the government to intervene.

"Artificial intelligence is a rare situation that requires us to regulate actively rather than passively. Because when we regulate AI passively, it is too late." Musk compared AI with tradition The fundamental difference between regulatory goals, he said: "Artificial intelligence is the fundamental risk facing human civilization, which is not possessed by car accidents, plane crashes, bad medicines or food."

It is shocking to say the above statement as someone who has some connection to so-called cyber liberalism. Cyber ​​liberalism is a ideology that strongly opposes the government's regulation of the Internet, and its representatives include Peter Thiel, who once co-founded an online payment platform with Musk.

Musk continues to believe that broad government regulation is crucial for AI, because companies are currently eager to pursue advanced AI technologies, and the risks it brings are not related to the market:

This is exactly where you need regulators to step in and point out, guys, you all need to pause and make sure it's safe... For all the teams involved in this game, you need regulators to do it. Otherwise shareholders will say, why don’t you speed up the development of AI technology? Because your competitors are doing this.

Musk's concerns about artificial intelligence are partly due to its instability and unemployment. "When I say everything, robots can do everything, and there is nothing to stop them," he said.

But Musk's greater concerns are related to artificial intelligence that appear on the Internet, which may be incited to do things that hurt humanity. "They can start a war by making fake news, fake email accounts and fake press releases, and they just need to manipulate information. Many times, pens are more powerful than swords," he said.

Musk described a hypothetical situation where artificial intelligence could drive investment in the defense industry by using hacker means and false intelligence, for example.

"I'm certainly against overregulation. But, I think we have to do this on AI and we have to act right away."

During the hour-long exchange session, Musk's comments on artificial intelligence accounted for a small percentage, and he also predicted the future of driverless cars and space travel.