Why does Musk say, "Artificial intelligence may be smarter than the smartest people, if you can't beat it, just form a team with them"?

The 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference opened in Shanghai today. At the opening ceremony, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng released a new batch of national artificial intelligence open innovation platforms, including JD.com, Ping An of China, Huawei, and Megvii Technology , Yitu Technology, 360 and other ten companies were selected. Musk believes that artificial intelligence is smarter than the smartest humans. Human beings have become people with machine characteristics. Machines are extensions of life. Without mobile phones, it is like missing an arm.

Why did Musk say, "Artificial intelligence may be smarter than the smartest people. If you can't beat it, why not form a team with them?" The following is a transcript of the conversation:

Musk : Let’s talk about AI. Does AI mean "love" in Chinese?

Jack Ma: I don’t like AI to be called artificial intelligence. I call it Alibaba Intelligence.

Musk: Generally, everyone underestimates the capabilities of artificial intelligence. They think it may just be a smart person. In fact, artificial intelligence may be smarter than the smartest humans. There is a saying that if you can't beat them, form a team with them! Now we are connected with mobile phones and computers, and have become people with machine characteristics. Machines are extensions of life. Without mobile phones, it is like missing an arm.

Compared with the speed of human thinking, current artificial intelligence is too slow. Assuming that a computer can increase its computing power, the computer will definitely find it very boring to see humans. This is the difference between humans and computers.

Jack Ma: I am particularly surprised by your vision for technology. I am not a high-tech person, I am a person who talks about life. I think AI can open a new chapter for the world and society, allowing everyone to better understand themselves, rather than the outside world. It is especially difficult to predict the future today. 99.9% of predictions are wrong, and only 0.001% of predictions are right. Why is it right? That's good luck. I am very optimistic. AI is not a threat. Artificial intelligence is not a scary thing because humans are very smart.

Musk: I am not naturally optimistic or pessimistic, but future technological development will exceed our ability to understand it. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.