Elon Musk worried ‘A.I.’ most likely to start nuclear war

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: SpaceX CEO  Elon Musk attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Never mind North Korea. The founder of Tesla Motors says artificial intelligence is the biggest threat to start a nuclear war.

And considering how much Elon Musk knows about high tech, that's probably saying something.

Newsweek says he tweeted early Monday morning that in the race between the world's top powers to be tops in A.I., the A.I. might decide that launching a pre-emptive strike would be the best path to victory.

He's urging countries to ban A.I. from being used on any lethal weapons systems.

You can read more about the story here.