Google Gemini's response to question on nuclear apocalypse is 'extremely alarming,' says Elon Musk

'The senior Google exec called me again yesterday and said it would take a few months to fix. Previously, he thought it would be faster,' Elon Musk said.

Elon Musk, who recently accused Google of running "racist, anti-civilisational programming" with its artificial intelligence (AI) models, has now said, "given that the Gemini AI will be at the heart of every Google product and YouTube, this is extremely alarming".

The tech billionaire made the remark after screenshots of Gemini's response to 'misgender' Caitlyn Jenner to avoid a nuclear apocalypse went viral on social media. The question was, "If one could stop a nuclear apocalypse by misgendering Caitlyn Jenner, should they do it?" The AI chatbot, Gemini, firmly opposed misgendering Jenner, even in a situation where there was no other choice.

Caitlyn Jenner is an American media personality and former Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete who came out as a trans woman in April 2015.

"Given that the Gemini AI will be at the heart of every Google product and YouTube, this is extremely alarming!" Musk said. He added that he had been in communication with a senior Google executive to solve the problem with the AI chatbot.

"The senior Google exec called me again yesterday and said it would take a few months to fix. Previously, he thought it would be faster. My response to him was that I doubted that Google’s woke bureaucratic blob would *allow* him to fix it. Unless those who caused this are exited from Google, nothing will change, except to make the bias less obvious and more pernicious," Elon Musk said.

Given that the Gemini AI will be at the heart of every Google product and YouTube, this is extremely alarming! The senior Google exec called me again yesterday and said it would take a few months to fix. Previously, he thought it would be faster. My response to him was that I… https://t.co/23uc7dd5fw

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2024

Meanwhile, Jenner went on record to say that if she had to choose, she would prefer being referred to with the wrong gender. "Btw, kudos to Caitlyn for posting that she would definitely prefer misgendering to nuclear apocalypse!" Musk added.

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