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Elon Musk: A Different Conversation w/ Nikhil Kamath | Full Episode | People by WTF Ep. 16

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As long as civilization keeps advancing, we will have AI and robotics at very large scale. I think that's pretty much the only thing that's going to solve for the US debt crisis. Because currently The US debt is insanely high and the interest payments on the debt exceed the entire military budget of the United States. just the interest payments. And that's at least in the short term, going to continue to increase. So I think actually the only thing that can solve for the debt situation is Zion Robotics. (48:01–48:10)

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