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Musk shared insights from a recent deep mind report projecting AI's trajectory toward 2030. Scaling, infrastructure investment, and synthetic data will be pivotal, with models costing over a hundred billion dollars to train and requiring gigawatts of power—these models will likely pioneer advances across science. Musk examined the report’s humorous conclusion, suggesting that the success of recent AI architectures might be due to luck rather than systematic design, echoing earlier studies emphasizing the role of chance.
He engaged Grok, his AI assistant, to analyze why certain models work, simplifying complex AI principles into child-friendly explanations. This demonstrates Musk's interest in not only developing AI but also making its operation understandable to the broader public.