06/04/2026
In October 2014, while Elon Musk was speaking at the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department’s Centennial Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Elon Musk said, "With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.
During the same talk, he also stated that AI is likely humanity's "biggest existential threat" and that it is "potentially more dangerous than nukes".
The Full Quote Reads : "With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon. Doesn't work out".
