Musk Says A.i. Promises ‘an Age Of Abundance’

Elon Musk spoke at the Viva Tech conference in Paris last week about the promise and dangers of A.I. He discussed Tesla’s work on two A.I.-enabled technologies, self-driving cars and humanoid robots, and said he thought it was these technologies that explained the company’s $816 billion market cap. At the same time, a panel on “Media Literacy in the Age of A.I.” discussed the potential for A.I.-generated content to lead to a phenomenon known as “the liar’s dividend” where politicians, governments, and corporations gain the ability to escape accountability.