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ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214

Published March 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:56

So there'll be ultimately billions of humanoid robots. All cars will be self driving in 10 years. In 10 years, probably 90% of miles driven will be autonomous. Huh, wow, that fast? Yeah. In five years, probably 50% of all miles driven will be autonomous. Now, if AI will be smarter than any person, how many jobs go away because of that? And what do people do if you've got millions of people that are losing their jobs like that? (21:56–22:02)

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“The government was paying for thousands of licenses of software or media subscriptions, and no one had ever logged in even once.”
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“We found that there are twice as many credit cards as there are humans [in government departments].”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 03:11-03:15
“In my opinion, it's like 80% waste, 20% fraud [in government expenditures].”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 03:36-03:41
“The $1.9 billion given to Stacey Abrams [was for] a fake NGO.”
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“The government can give money to a so-called non-profit with very few controls and there's no auditing subsequently of that nonprofit.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 05:00-05:20
“We found now 14 Magic Money computers.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 06:52-06:56
“The government is run by computers. So you've got essentially several hundred computers that effectively run the government.”
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“In order for money to go to a bank account, it's not like we're sending truckloads of cash all over the place. It's a. We're wiring money…”
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“If it was a poly company, it would be delisted immediately, it would fail its ordered, and the officers of the company would be imprisoned…”
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“It's 80% incompetence or. And 20% malice.”
ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214 | Uploaded March 17, 2025 | 10:30-10:35
“I'm reasonably confident that we'll be able to get a trillion dollars of waste and fraud out, and that meaning that it will have. We'll have…”
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“The fraud we're seeing is overwhelmingly on the left. I mean, it's not zero on the right, but these NGOs are almost all left wing NGOs that…”
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“The single biggest thing that they're worried about is that Doge is going to turn off fraudulent payments of entitlements. I mean…”
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“By using entitlements fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants.”
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“Bring in, I don't know, 10, 20 million people who are beholden to the Democrats for government handouts and will vote overwhelmingly…”
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“If the Dems can bring in 200,000 illegals and over time get them legalized, not counting any cheating that takes place.”
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“Every other auto plant in the country was allowed to open, but ours, which was in California, was not allowed to open.”
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“Yes, at least some of it is organized and paid for, I think by domestic.”
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“Left wing organizations in America funded by left wing billionaires, essentially.”
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“Act Blue is one of them. You know, Arabella, you know, the classic. It's funded by the, you know, the, the blue. Basically the left wing NGO…”
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“In 10 years, probably AI could do anything better than a human can cognitively, probably almost.”
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“All cars will be self driving in 10 years.”
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“In 10 years, probably 90% of miles driven will be autonomous.”
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“Goods and services will become close to free.”
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“Currently, 100% of advanced AI chips are made in Taiwan.”
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“I think it's essential for national security. And we're not doing enough.”
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“The Biden White House did not want to have someone who was pro Trump rescuing astronauts right before the election.”
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“It's essential for the future of civilization. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.”
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