Lex Fridman Podcast
#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
09 Nov 2023
Elon Musk is CEO of X, xAI, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. Thank you for listening ❤ Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex to get free security camera plus 20% off - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial - NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-4-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Elon's X: https://x.com/elonmusk xAI: https://x.com/xai Tesla: https://x.com/tesla Tesla Optimus: https://x.com/tesla_optimus Tesla AI: https://x.com/Tesla_AI SpaceX: https://x.com/spacex Neuralink: https://x.com/neuralink The Boring Company: https://x.com/boringcompany PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (10:25) - War and human nature (14:51) - Israel-Hamas war (20:59) - Military-Industrial Complex (25:16) - War in Ukraine (29:59) - China (44:15) - xAI Grok (55:13) - Aliens (1:03:13) - God (1:05:41) - Diablo 4 and video games (1:14:48) - Dystopian worlds: 1984 and Brave New World (1:20:59) - AI and useful compute per watt (1:26:40) - AI regulation (1:33:32) - Should AI be open-sourced? (1:40:54) - X algorithm (1:52:15) - 2024 presidential elections (2:05:14) - Politics (2:08:16) - Trust (2:13:47) - Tesla's Autopilot and Optimus robot (2:22:46) - Hardships
Full Episode
The following is a conversation with Elon Musk, his fourth time on this, The Lex Friedman Podcast. And now, if you allow me, a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast. We got Element for electrolyte deliciousness, Eight Sleep for naps, BetterHelp for your mind,
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I try to make these interesting, but if you must skip them, please still check out the sponsors. I enjoy their stuff. Maybe you will too. This episode is brought to you by the very thing I'm drinking as I speak to you right now, Element. Electrolyte drink mix. I'll usually fill a Powerade or Gatorade bottle. I think it's 28 ounces. of water and mix it with one element to pack it.
My favorite flavor is watermelon salt. That's the one I'm drinking now. That's the one I've been drinking for a long time. I apologize because I'm recording these words very late at night. It's been a long day. It's been a long night before that and a long night this one. So it's just me in front of a microphone right now looking at a 28 ounce bottle of water that tastes like watermelon.
Just me and the water, happily reunited in the desert of human experience. I'm also surrounded by three computer screens that all have beautiful wallpaper looking at me, taunting me with beautiful, picturesque scenes of nature.
And I just, before this, played about 10 minutes of Diablo, where I got to escape to a whole other world that is also picturesque, but not with nature, but filled with the intense, intimidating sounds of demons attacking you from all sides. And all of that is somehow relaxing. Anyway, Element is not just delicious. It combines this perfect amount of magnesium, potassium, and sodium.
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I've actually recently was briefly at a get-together of a lot of really interesting people and somebody brought up the topic of Eight Sleep and I just heard that a bunch of other Folks said, oh, I love a sleep. And they started talking about the different temperatures that they use. And I was shocked and horrified to learn that some people actually heat their bed up.
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