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Musk warns superintelligent AI could persuade people, including himself

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Elon Musk says on X that many people will be "one-shotted" by highly persuasive superintelligent AI, and that he thinks he might be one of them.

The post gives no examples, timeline, or mechanism for how such persuasion would work.

Separately, Rohan Paul says on X that plenty of engineers merge an AI-suggested fix because the model's explanation sounded right. The post offers no data or named study to support that claim.

Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 19, 4:10 AM ET

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  1. Oct 19, 3:46 AM ET · 1 article
    Engineers merge AI fixes when the model's explanation sounds right
    Rohan Paul: Engineers merge AI fixes when the model's explanation sounds right
  2. Oct 19, 2:35 AM ET · 1 article
    Musk warns superintelligent AI may persuade many people, including himself
    Elon Musk: Musk warns superintelligent AI may persuade many people, including himself

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Oct 19
  1. Rohan PaulX
    Engineers merge AI fixes when the model's explanation sounds right

    AIRohan Paul says plenty of engineers merge a fix because the model's explanation sounded right. The post is a short reaction, with no data or named study behind it.

    Image from @rohanpaul_ai's post
  2. Elon MuskX
    Musk warns superintelligent AI may persuade many people, including himself

    AIElon Musk says many people will be "one-shotted" by highly persuasive superintelligent AI, and he thinks he might be one of them. The post gives no specifics beyond that warning.

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