Musk Warns Senators About AI Threat, While Gates Says the Technology Could Target World Hunger

Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and other technology heavyweights debated the possibilities and risks of artificial intelligence Wednesday in a closed-door meeting with more than 60 U.S. senators who are contemplating legislation to regulate the technology. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and owner of X (formerly Twitter), warned about what he views as AI’s potential to threaten humanity, according to a participant. Microsoft co-founder Gates said the technology could help address world hunger, said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who convened the session. Other speakers included Facebook founder Zuckerberg and the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and IBM, along with union leaders, civil-rights advocates and others.

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senator 参议员

contemplate 沉思（temple 寺庙）

legislation 立法；法律

legislate 立法

convene 集合；召集

civil 公民的

advocate 提倡；主张；n 提倡者