Quotesby GlyphElon Musk quotes on AI, with sources
CEO, Tesla and xAI · 8 quotes · latest Feb 5, 2026
- But I think China’s going to be making pretty compelling chips in three or four years.
- In 36 months, but probably closer to 30 months, the most economically compelling place to put AI will be space.
- Meaning, five years from now, my prediction is we will launch and be operating every year more AI in space than the cumulative total on Earth.
- My guess is that people start getting to the point where they can’t turn the chips on for large clusters towards the end of this year. The chips are going to be piling up and won’t be able to be turned on.
- The limiting factor once you can get to space is chips, but the limiting factor before you can get to space is power.
- The output of chips is growing pretty much exponentially, but the output of electricity is flat.
- Truth has to be absolutely fundamental because you can’t understand the universe if you’re delusional.
- Well, I’d be surprised by the end of this year if digital human emulation has not been solved.
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