Totally Agree with your interpretation of Elon’s statements! Regulation needs to be planned — better to err on the side of caution.
But, a celebrity of Elon’s calibre needs to be careful when making public comments on complex, poorly understood topics. Especially when the topic is red hot! Especially when every tech journalist is ready to twist research findings into click-bait articles.
There are children who look up to Elon. They are going to be the engineers and scientists who will work on AGI in the next few decades….And, currently they have access to Elon’s mind only via these middlemen journalists.
Regulations are needed. And needs to be planned in secrecy. I get the open need for AI research, OpenAI etc…but some things need to be discussed behind closed doors or it will result in unwarranted chaos and pandemonium.
That’s the fear mongering, Zuck understands quite well. He runs a big forum where such things happen and he studies people behavior.