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Elon Musk on Artificial Intelligence - The Economist (July 2026) - Oni - 09-07-2026
The Economist did an interview with Elon Musk last month. The first ~30 minutes of the interview are about the implications of AI and his predictions.
Timestamps:
00:00 - AI will be smarter than humans in five years
12:10 - How AI companies could regulate themselves
15:20 - Will China be the leader in AI?
25:43 - Elon Musk on Sam Altman and the AI bosses
31:20 - “Work is going to be optional”
41:07 - Should one man have so much power?
49:44 - Starlink and the war in Ukraine
55:18 - “I got too involved in politics”
57:14 - Musk: zero people died because of USAID cuts
01:01:15 - Europe, the far right and civil war in Britain
01:08:21 - Musk: I’m not a racist
01:20:27 - What do people get most wrong about Musk?
RE: Elon Musk on Artificial Intelligence - The Economist (July 2026) - Snickerdoodle - 09-07-2026
The work being optional part is crazy lol. If AI really gets to that level in 5 years, that would change everything. AI has been replacing jobs but not all jobs, and at the same time people are anti-ai and are fighting to bring back human operated jobs.