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David Rosenthal: belief

6 Oct 2025 Acquired Google Part III: The AI Company

“I think all that is true. Also in the intervening months to year after this meeting between Demis and Elon and Elon investing in DeepMind, Elon also starts to get really, really excited and convinced about the capabilities of AI in the near term, and specifically the capabilities of AI for Tesla.”

— David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal
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belief
Recorded
6 Oct 2025
Publisher
Acquired

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…So this is the first time the bit flips for Elon of, we really need to figure out a safe, secure AI for the good of the people, that seed being planted in his head. Which of course is what DeepMind’s ambition is. We are here doing research for the good of humanity like scientists in a peer reviewed way. I think all that is true. Also in the intervening months to year after this meeting between Demis and Elon and Elon investing in DeepMind, Elon also starts to get really, really excited and convinced about the capabilities of AI in the near term, and specifically the capabilities of AI for Tesla. Like with everything else in Elon’s world, once the bit flips and he becomes interested, he completely changes the way he views the world, completely sheds all the old ways and actions that he was taking, and it’s all about what do I most do to embrace this new worldview that I have.…

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