EP. 153 · 10.08.2026 · 1:35:00
AI, WAR AND THE LONG BET ON HUMANITY
with Elon Musk
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EPISODE BRIEF — EP. 153 · AI, WAR AND THE LONG BET ON HUMANITY Guest: Elon Musk · Published: 10.08.2026 · Duration: 1:35:00 【OVERVIEW】 A wide-ranging conversation with Elon Musk on artificial intelligence and the civilisational stakes around it: what he believes frontier models will become, why he keeps returning to the alignment problem, and how AI intersects with war, politics, physics and the long-run survival of humanity. 【KEY TAKEAWAYS】 1. Cold open: the stakes of frontier AI 2. Alignment, truth-seeking and the design of xAI 3. AI in conflict, statecraft and the geopolitical race 4. Physics, first principles and the limits of scaling 5. The long bet on humanity 【CHAPTERS】 00:00 — Cold open: the stakes of frontier AI 12:00 — Alignment, truth-seeking and the design of xAI 38:00 — AI in conflict, statecraft and the geopolitical race 1:05:00 — Physics, first principles and the limits of scaling 1:25:00 — The long bet on humanity 【TOPICS】AI Safety · xAI · Frontier Models · Geopolitics · Philosophy 【WATCH】https://thedaopod.com/episodes/ep-153-elon-musk-on-ai-and-humanity
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A wide-ranging conversation with Elon Musk on artificial intelligence and the civilisational stakes around it: what he believes frontier models will become, why he keeps returning to the alignment problem, and how AI intersects with war, politics, physics and the long-run survival of humanity.
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EP. 153 · AI, WAR AND THE LONG BET ON HUMANITY
A wide-ranging conversation with Elon Musk on artificial intelligence and the civilisational stakes around it: what he believes frontier models will become, why he keeps returning to the alignment problem, and how AI intersects with war, politics, physics and the long-run survival of humanity.
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Founder, xAI · CEO, Tesla & SpaceX
Founder of xAI and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. A co-founder of OpenAI who later left its board, he has been among the most persistent public voices on AI risk while simultaneously building frontier model and robotics programmes of his own.
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