Elon Musk says there’s ‘only a 20% chance of annihilation’ with AI

• Elon Musk said in a Joe Rogan interview there’s “only a 20% chance of annihilation.”
• He said he still thinks AI will be smarter than humans and will pose an existential risk.
• “I always thought AI was going to be way smarter than humans and an existential risk. And that’s turning out to be true,” he said.

Elon Musk has a glass-half-full mentality when it comes to AI — and that means there’s “only a 20% chance of annihilation,” according to the billionaire.