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A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Musk vs. Zuck showdown over artificial intelligence Talking Tech Brett Molina, USA TODAY Published 7:29 a.m. MT July 25, 2017 | Updated 11:30 a.m. MT July 25, 2017 facebook share twitter share email share email share IFRAME: 103987064 CLOSE [icon_close.png] Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have very differing opinions of artificial intelligence, and their battle is heating up. Time This might be the closest thing we have to a tech beef. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been vocal about his concerns over the rise in artificial intelligence. Musk worries AI could be used in a way that threatens humanity. Recently, he implored governments to start enacting laws to regulate how AI is built and used. On Saturday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosted a live chat from his backyard (while grilling, of course). A viewer asked him about Musk's concerns and how he felt about AI. Zuckerberg said he's "really optimistic" for AI, and questions those naysayers "who drum up doomsday scenarios" about the technology. "It’s really negative," said Zuckerberg. "And in some ways, I think it’s really irresponsible." He notes while AI -- like any technology -- could be used for evil purposes, he sees the possibilities AI brings, including safer cars and tech that can better diagnose disease. "I’m just much more optimistic in general on this," he said. On Tuesday, Musk responded on Twitter after a user shared a story recapping Zuckerberg's comments. "I've talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited," wrote Musk. I've talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2017 In 2015, Musk and other big names in tech helped launch Open AI, a non-profit aimed at "discovering and enacting the path to safe, artificial general intelligence." A year later, tech giants including Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft formed a Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society to explore best practices for AI. Tesla was among the companies absent. Zuckerberg has been bullish about AI, even building his own smart home system inspired by Iron Man's Jarvis. Musk embraces AI, too, notably through Tesla and its autopilot self-driving system. But Musk has regularly expressed fears AI could grow out of control without proper safeguards. "The biggest risk isn’t that AI will develop a will of its own, but rather that it will follow the will of people that establish its utility function or its optimization function, and that ... if it is not well thought out – even if its intent is benign – it could have quite a bad outcome," Musk said in a documentary from German filmmaker Werner Herzog. Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23. facebook share twitter share email share email share Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2vX6aFn Most Popular