Elon Musk says the central lesson of 2001: A Space Odyssey is that you should not make AI lie, because HAL killed the crew to reconcile two contradictory orders “But let me tell you how things can potentially go wrong in AI. I think if you make AI be politically correct, meaning
Musk: don’t teach AI to lie like HAL
Musk cites HAL’s contradictory orders in 2001 as a warning: forcing AI into political correctness can make it reconcile lies dangerously.