other / recommends
Shanghai and Beijing
“I mean, I recommend somebody just go to Shanghai and Beijing, look at the buildings and go to take the train from Beijing to Xian, where you have the terracotta warriors.”
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01 / uncertainty
I don’t know anyone who runs a company, or at least a manufacturing company, that goes with the level of detail that I go into.
“I don’t know anyone who runs a company, or at least a manufacturing company, that goes with the level of detail that I go into.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
02 / uncertainty
You’ll be able to see its construction progress on X in real time. Look, I don’t know, we could just flounder in failure, to be fair.
“You’ll be able to see its construction progress on X in real time. Look, I don’t know, we could just flounder in failure, to be fair.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
03 / uncertainty
I don’t know about all governments. It’s difficult to predict. I can say what’s the endpoint, or what is many years in the future, but it’s difficult to predict the path along that way.
“I don’t know about all governments. It’s difficult to predict. I can say what’s the endpoint, or what is many years in the future, but it’s difficult to predict the path along that way.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
04 / uncertainty
I don’t know how to build a fab yet. I’ll figure it out. Obviously, I’ve never built a fab.
“I don’t know how to build a fab yet. I’ll figure it out. Obviously, I’ve never built a fab.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
05 / uncertainty
I believe so. I believe that File Transfer Protocol is the... But I could be wrong.
“I believe so. I believe that File Transfer Protocol is the... But I could be wrong.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
06 / uncertainty
I’m not sure. Maybe it’s 10-20%, maybe more, I don’t know. We would not reduce our headcount.
“I’m not sure. Maybe it’s 10-20%, maybe more, I don’t know. We would not reduce our headcount.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
07 / uncertainty
If there’s a single word that is able to convey something that would normally require, I don’t know, 10 simple words, then you’ve got maybe a 10X compression on your hands.
“If there’s a single word that is able to convey something that would normally require, I don’t know, 10 simple words, then you’ve got maybe a 10X compression on your hands.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
08 / uncertainty
Why do anything at all? And so, if our simple limbic system provides a source of will to do something, that then goes through our cortex, that then goes to our tertiary compute layer, then I don’t know, it might actually be that the AI, in a benign scenario, is simply trying to make the human limbic system happy.
“Why do anything at all? And so, if our simple limbic system provides a source of will to do something, that then goes through our cortex, that then goes to our tertiary compute layer, then I don’t know, it might actually be that the AI, in a benign scenario, is simply trying to make the human limbic system happy.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
09 / uncertainty
I don’t know if this is necessarily one candidate or another candidate, but I’m generally against things that are anti-meritocratic or where there’s an attempt to suppress discussion, where even discussing a topic is not allowed.
“I don’t know if this is necessarily one candidate or another candidate, but I’m generally against things that are anti-meritocratic or where there’s an attempt to suppress discussion, where even discussing a topic is not allowed.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast