Elon Musk

Biography

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of Neuralink and The Boring Company. Advocate for AI safety.

"AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don't think people fully appreciate that."

—Elon Musk, National Governors Association Meeting (2017), July 15, 2017, Rhode Island

"There certainly will be job disruption. Because what's going to happen is robots will be able to do everything better than us."

—Elon Musk, World Government Summit (2017), February 13, 2017, Dubai

"We need to figure out some way to ensure that the advent of digital super intelligence is one that is symbiotic with humanity."

—Elon Musk, Neuralink Launch Event (2019), July 16, 2019 Link

"Universal basic income will be necessary over time if AI takes over most human jobs."

—Elon Musk, World Government Summit Interview (2017), February 13, 2017, Interview by Mohammad Al Gergawi

"Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3."

—Elon Musk, Twitter (2017), September 4, 2017 Link