Head of Tesla and SpaceX companies Ilon Mask, called artificial intelligence “the main threat” for humanity.

Mask warned that AI technologies could be the cause of unemployment and even war. He suggested that US state governors create a agency that will collect information about AI for further regulation of this area. According to the entrepreneur, now the government “has no idea” about the threat that artificial intelligence can make for civilization.

Head of SpaceX also admitted that his desire to colonize Mars is connected with the threat of the enslavement of the Earth by artificial intelligence.

The governors asked the Mask to formulate exactly what it is necessary to regulate and how.

Previously, Mask has already declared the danger of the development of artificial intelligence for humanity. In February 2017, he said that the development of a “deep AI”, which would be “smarter than man”, could lead to people being replaced by artificial algorithms.