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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday predicted growth of synthetic intelligence that was smarter than the smartest human most likely by subsequent 12 months, or by 2026.
(Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday predicted growth of synthetic intelligence that was smarter than the smartest human most likely by subsequent 12 months, or by 2026.
In a large-ranging interview on X areas that suffered a number of know-how glitches, Musk additionally informed Norway wealth fund CEO Nicolai Tangen that AI was constrained by the availability of electrical energy and that the subsequent model of Grok, the AI chatbot from his xAI startup, was anticipated to be skilled by May.
“If you define AGI (artificial general intelligence) as smarter than the smartest human, I think it’s probably next year, within two years,” Musk stated when requested about the timeline for growth of AGI.
The billionaire, who additionally co-based OpenAI, stated a scarcity of superior chips was hampering the coaching of Grok’s model 2 mannequin.
Musk based xAI final 12 months as a challenger to OpenAI, which he has sued for abandoning its unique mission to develop AI for the good thing about humanity and never for revenue. OpenAI denies the allegations.
Musk stated coaching the Grok 2 mannequin took about 20,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, including that the Grok 3 mannequin and past would require 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips.
But he added that whereas a scarcity of chips had been a giant constraint for the growth of AI to this point, electrical energy provide can be essential in the subsequent 12 months or two.
Speaking about electrical-autos, Musk reiterated Chinese carmakers are “the most competitive in the world” and pose “the most toughest competitive challenges” to Tesla.
He has beforehand warned that Chinese rivals will demolish world rivals with out commerce limitations.
Musk additionally addressed a union strike in Sweden in opposition to Tesla, saying “I think the storm has passed on that front.”
Tangen stated Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one in all Tesla’s largest shareholders, had met with the EV firm’s chair final month and obtained an replace on the state of affairs.
(Reporting Akash Sriram in Bengaluru, Sheila Dang in Austin, Hyunjoo Jin in San Francisco and Marie Mannes in Stockholm; writing by Peter Henderson; Editing by Maju Samuel)
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