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Elon Musk: “This is not an issue. I want to be clear.”

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Elon Musk (Full Interview) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Published April 29, 2023 | Video Starts at 15:20

We do it. It is done. You have a lot of free time. It is done. There is a lot of desalination done. Okay, but there's plenty of water. This is not an issue. I want to be clear. All right, so. But let's talk about AI because, like, you were on this tip 10 years ago when nobody else was, and I always thought, he's right. Why? (15:20–15:23)

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