After Putin's speech, published by the magazine "The Verge" in the USA, Elon Musk also reported on Twitter: "China, Russia, soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo."
China, Russia, soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
On September 1, Putin visited a school on his journey to the central Russian city of Yaroslavl. While addressing the students, He said “Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind. It comes with colossal opportunities, but also threats that are difficult to predict. Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world,"
But he would not want it, Putin added, that these "monopolies" would be in the hands of a single country. "This is why (if we are the leaders in this area) we will share our technologies with the world just as we are sharing nuclear technologies with the world today," Putin maintained.
It is not the first time that Musk has spoken on this issue. A few weeks ago, Musk was involved in a dispute with Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg. At that time the head of the automotive manufacturer Tesla and the space company Space X said Mark Zuckerberg's knowledge of the AI future is 'limited',