Elon Musk - Thought Leader

Health

They call it a pandemic. It isn’t

by Bert Olivier 8 May 20218 May 2021

As Elon Musk says, Covid-19 ‘is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion’

Tech

Can artificial intelligence be controlled beyond a certain point?

by Bert Olivier 2 February 20152 February 2015

In a recent TIME magazine (December 29, 2014, p20), there’s a short article by futurologist and outspoken techno-optimist Ray Kurzweil titled “Don’t fear Artificial Intelligence” (AI). He cites two highly creative individuals – Stephen Hawking and South-African born Elon Musk – as representatives of “the pessimistic view” before putting forward his own optimistic argument regarding […]