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'Humanity a Biological Bootloader’: Elon Musk revives his 2019 theory to suggest AI will surpass human intelligence

Elon Musk warns that AI could surpass human intelligence, calling humanity a "biological bootloader" for digital superintelligence.

April 02, 2025 / 18:07 IST
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Elon Musk calls Humanity a ‘biological bootloader'
Elon Musk calls Humanity a ‘biological bootloader'

While many fear the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity, billionaire Elon Musk describes humanity as a "biological bootloader for digital superintelligence."

In his social media post on X Elon Musk recalls his statement that he made in 2019 in a conversation with Ali Baba CEO Jack Ma during the World AI Conference held Shanghai.

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"As I mentioned several years ago, it increasingly appears that humanity is a biological bootloader for digital superintelligence" he mentioned in the X post.

Bootloader is small program that initializes the functioning of the operating system. Without it the OS wouldn't start. We could figure out from the Musk's statement that humanity is like bootloader that is required to develop technology, and ultimately, the AI crated by humans may surpass the human intelligence.

He could be suggesting that the biological intelligence might be temporary, and it could be taken over by AI. Once AI surpasses our intelligence it could reshape the journey of the evolution.