19 favourite scathing reactions to Rishi Sunak’s planned AI summit with Elon Musk
This week, the UK is hosting a Safety Summit at Bletchley Park to discuss the ramifications of and possible threats from Artificial Intelligence.
Representatives from the US, the EU, tech companies and industry, among others, will attend the conference, then one delegate – Elon Musk – will have a livestreamed conversation on the topic with Rishi Sunak.
In conversation with @elonmusk
After the AI Safety Summit
Thursday night on @x pic.twitter.com/kFUyNdGD7i— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) October 30, 2023
Despite the low bar for doing inadvisable things, Sunak proudly trumpeting his chat with the man whose social media platform is under investigation by the EU for spreading violent and terrorist content led to a mass facepalm.
Here’s how people have been reacting.
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The sheer badness of this idea has knocked the breath from my lungs. https://t.co/P2FPziX1NZ
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) October 30, 2023
2.
"We need a big tech name. Someone who just commands instant respect."
"Don't worry, I've got this…" https://t.co/sQfNmsWQQo— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) October 30, 2023
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Huge gamble to do an event with such an unpopular figure who is prone to making terrible decisions, but I suppose Elon Musk knows what he’s doing. https://t.co/oPiJ11VY1n
— Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) October 30, 2023
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"I've lost $25bn buying Twitter"
"Pfft. I lost more than that just in Covid-related fraud." https://t.co/3j6WZyG4pi— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) October 30, 2023
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This will be scintilating, particularly when Elon casually drops that X means 10 in Roman
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) October 30, 2023
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Hopefully he can tell you how to retrieve all those WhatsApp messages you’ve “lost” https://t.co/4WKwG4CshI
— Justin Madders MP (@justinmadders) October 30, 2023
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Elon Musk to attend Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit in Bletchley Park. Well, it will be good to have all the artificial intelligence in one place. https://t.co/fhlpP9OCAJ
— Otto English (@Otto_English) October 30, 2023
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Man who has recently taken over a declining community that has fallen into angry debate and visceral hatred appearing in an interview with Elon Musk https://t.co/mYZ6KON0Rq
— Trumpton (@Trump_ton) October 30, 2023
9.
oh fuck OFF. every day I get more embarrassed to live here. I mean every day I get more horrified but also just…more embarrassed https://t.co/O1r1bFhlPA
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) October 30, 2023
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What could possibly go wrong. https://t.co/xPMmuWtXlo
— Annette Dittert (@annettedittert) October 30, 2023