"Elon Musk Postulates That Cat-Poop Brain Parasite Is the True Arbiter of Our Destiny

Could toxoplasmosis be responsible for AI?"

By Loukia Papadopoulos

Jul 04, 2021 (Updated: Jul 04, 2021 10:10 EDT)

Musk took to Twitter to share the following: "Toxoplasmosis infects rats, then cats, then humans who make cat videos.AI trains achieves superhuman intelligence training on Internet cat videos, thus making toxoplasmosis the true arbiter of our destiny."

National Geographic @NatGeo

In a first-of-its-kind study in Kenya, scientists found hyena cubs infected with toxoplasmosis are more likely to approach—and get killed by—lions than their uninfected peers

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Replying to @NatGeo

Toxoplasmosis infects rats, then cats, then humans who make cat videos.

AI trains achieves superhuman intelligence training on Internet cat videos, thus making toxoplasmosis the true arbiter of our destiny.

Shibetoshi Nakamoto @BillyM2k

Replying to

@elonmusk and @NatGeo

behind everything is cats controlling us via poop parasites

5:17 PM · Jul 2, 2021

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1411070396162449408

https://twitter.com/NatGeo/status/1411069433519480834

https://interestingengineering.com/elon-musk-thinks-toxoplasmosis-is-the-true-arbiter-of-our-destiny