#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
NOV 9, 2023147 MIN
#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
NOV 9, 2023147 MIN
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<p>Elon Musk is CEO of X, xAI, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.</p>
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<p>Transcript: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-4-transcript">https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-4-transcript</a></p>
<p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br />
Elon’s X: <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk">https://x.com/elonmusk</a><br />
xAI: <a href="https://x.com/xai">https://x.com/xai</a><br />
Tesla: <a href="https://x.com/tesla">https://x.com/tesla</a><br />
Tesla Optimus: <a href="https://x.com/tesla_optimus">https://x.com/tesla_optimus</a><br />
Tesla AI: <a href="https://x.com/Tesla_AI">https://x.com/Tesla_AI</a><br />
SpaceX: <a href="https://x.com/spacex">https://x.com/spacex</a><br />
Neuralink: <a href="https://x.com/neuralink">https://x.com/neuralink</a><br />
The Boring Company: <a href="https://x.com/boringcompany">https://x.com/boringcompany</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(10:25) – War and human nature<br />
(14:51) – Israel-Hamas war<br />
(20:59) – Military-Industrial Complex<br />
(25:16) – War in Ukraine<br />
(29:59) – China<br />
(44:15) – xAI Grok<br />
(55:13) – Aliens<br />
(1:03:13) – God<br />
(1:05:41) – Diablo 4 and video games<br />
(1:14:48) – Dystopian worlds: 1984 and Brave New World<br />
(1:20:59) – AI and useful compute per watt<br />
(1:26:40) – AI regulation<br />
(1:33:32) – Should AI be open-sourced?<br />
(1:40:54) – X algorithm<br />
(1:52:15) – 2024 presidential elections<br />
(2:05:14) – Politics<br />
(2:08:16) – Trust<br />
(2:13:47) – Tesla’s Autopilot and Optimus robot<br />
(2:22:46) – Hardships</p>