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Elon Musk: “I don't think humans will be in control of something that is…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Elon Musk – "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space"

Published | Video Starts at 48:44

Then there's all these other robots. They get their own star systems. But it seems like you were previously hinting at a vision where it keeps human control over this singularitarian future. Because I don't think humans will be in control of something that is vastly more intelligent than humans. So in some sense, you're like a doomer. And this is like the best we've got. It's just like it keeps it around because we're interesting. I'm just trying to be realistic here. (48:44–48:49)

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Asserts that humans will not control entities vastly more intelligent than themselves.

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