Elon Musk : How to Build the Future

Elon is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. Originally a cofounder of Paypal, Elon Musk founded SpaceX to enable the colonization of Mars.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:22 If you were 22 today, what would the five problems that you would think about working on? 💡
00:01:01 - AI 🤖
00:01:50 - Genetics 🧬
00:02:16 - High bandwidth interface to the brain 🧠
00:02:55 Common questions - I want to be the next Elon Musk, how do I do that?
00:03:08 What did you do when you were younger that set you up to have a big impact?
00:05:00 Do you think people that want to be useful today should get PhDs? 🎓
00:05:10 How should someone figure out how they can be most useful?
00:05:49 SpaceX decision 🚀 - Estimating the probability of success of this very crazy idea at the time
00:08:16 Making a decision when everyone tells you this is a crazy idea? Where do you get the internal strength? 💪
00:08:57 - Just feel it and let the importance of it drive you to do it anyway
00:09:43 What are the odds of the Mars colony are at this point? When can we go to Mars? ♂⚓
00:11:13 What does the positive future for AI looks like and how can we get there? 🤖🔮
00:13:23 - Humans are so slow 😂
00:15:02 How do you think OpenAI is going as a six-month-old company? ⚛️
00:16:03 How do you spend your days now? What do you allocate most of your time to? 🕒
00:16:30 What do you do when you are at SpaceX or Tesla? 🤔
00:16:56 Elon spends most of his time with engineering team 😲
00:18:18 About Tesla Gigafactory and speed of the production line 🏭

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00:00 - Introduction
00:22 - If you were 22 today, what would the five problems that you would think about working on? 💡
01:01 - - AI 🤖
01:50 - - Genetics 🧬
02:16 - - High bandwidth interface to the brain 🧠
02:55 - Common questions - I want to be the next Elon Musk, how do I do that?
03:08 - What did you do when you were younger that set you up to have a big impact?
05:00 - Do you think people that want to be useful today should get PhDs? 🎓
05:10 - How should someone figure out how they can be most useful?
05:49 - SpaceX decision 🚀 - Estimating the probability of success of this very crazy idea at the time
08:16 - Making a decision when everyone tells you this is a crazy idea? Where do you get the internal strength? 💪
08:57 - - Just feel it and let the importance of it drive you to do it anyway
09:43 - What are the odds of the Mars colony are at this point? When can we go to Mars? ♂⚓
11:13 - What does the positive future for AI looks like and how can we get there? 🤖🔮
13:23 - - Humans are so slow 😂
15:02 - How do you think OpenAI is going as a six-month-old company? ⚛
16:03 - How do you spend your days now? What do you allocate most of your time to? 🕒
16:30 - What do you do when you are at SpaceX or Tesla? 🤔
16:56 - Elon spends most of his time with engineering team 😲
18:18 - About Tesla Gigafactory and speed of the production line 🏭

[jsat]

Pay close attention to the section on AI - the place we are at now in 2023 and the fact that this is a conversation between Sam (now CEO OpenAI) and Elon (Founder and now disowned OpenAI) is remarkable

[jonatmisk]

For some reason, this reminds me of my first job interview

[prab]

His face looks perfect to introduce the future

[JapnitSethi]

My key takeaways are:
* Your ideas need not change the world to be good!
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Top things I would work on if I was in my 20's: ethical AI, something in the domain of genetics, having a high bandwidth interface with the brain
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Estimating if you would be useful: ("utility delta of the product you're building or the difference a product makes in someone's life" x "how many people it would effect")
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It's ok to feel fearful of the probability of something working or not and but acceptance of it diminishes it to some degree!
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Merging neural link and the digital extension of ourselves along with the democratization of AI would be the best way to go!

[yakumo_kei]

19:15 It's sad that no one appreciated Elon's lighthearted humor and ambition.

[JaapVersteegh]

Elon is telling Sam that AI is probably going to have the largest impact on humanity and and you can see Sam nodding: "OK, I'll work on that then". History in the making for all to see. Wow.

[yadrummer]

"I really was just trying to be useful" - 4:53

[Jonathan-ruzl]

2016: Sam Altman asked Elon Musk how to be the next Elon Musk
2024: Sam Altman is the next Elon Musk

[fernandolopezsoria]

Elon is a great source of inspiration he motivates me to study hard

[gacubing]

Not many people see informative videos on social media... and you're one of them so props to you that you're not wasting time

[IshtarQueen]

Elon seem very sacrificial; ready to sacrifice money, time and effort. His appeared humbleness and genuiness makes him different from other billionaires and entrepreunurs. We need more ppl like him and not the celebrity kinds.

[grandjunctionguy]

Man, I'd love to get a peek in that plant. Some serious machinery going on. I love that stuff. Inspiring talk.

[dorinbivolaru]

Thank you Elon and Sam for this q&a session. Very usefull.

[bstores]

I want tons of money but I don't know what I would spend it on in a actually meaningful way. It's better that people like Elon Musk Have the most money

[zvndmvn]

This is fascinating to watch in hindsight. History tends to get abstracted down to simple headlines, but this is like getting a glimpse into the actual human dynamic between two very influential people at two very different points in their careers. Love it!

[siw]

Don't listen to what people say. Look at what they do.

[redhotchilibitch]

This guy is so genuine and down to earth and still nice considering everyone was shitting on him, what a guy.

[scarletpeoni]

Awesome interview.
he's so down to earth and doesn't appear to carry a whiff of egotism.

[TheRoosevelt]

U are awesome Elon.
Keep up the great work.
All the best to all the people, that have the privilege to work with you.
Regards from Czech Republic.