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What Elon Musk thinks about war

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Founded SpaceX in 2002, joined Tesla's board in 2004 and became its chief executive in 2008, and later founded Neuralink, The Boring Company and xAI. Bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X. Posts as @elonmusk, which is where almost everything he says publicly now appears.

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4 dated positions, 2023, in their own words. Our reading of what Elon Musk has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe counterintuitive right response for Israel in Gaza is the most conspicuous acts of kindness possible, because the attack was designed to provoke the most aggressive response it could.

    Their wordsSo the counterintuitive thing here, I think that the thing that I think should be done, even though it’s very difficult, is that I would recommend that Israel engage in the most conspicuous acts of kindness possible

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 2nd of 23 in this recording

  3. Our readingThe only measure of whether fighting a terrorist group is working is whether you are creating more members than you kill.

    Their wordsSo really the question is like for every Hamas member that you kill, how many did you create? And if you create more than you killed, you’ve not succeeded. That’s the real situation there.

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 3rd of 23 in this recording

  5. Our readingUkraine should not send its young men to die in trenches whether or not Zelenskyy talks to Putin, because whoever goes on the offensive loses massive numbers of people.

    Russia

    Their wordsLook, I think I would just recommend do not send the flower of Ukrainian youth to die in trenches, whether he talks to Putin or not, just don’t do that. Whoever goes on the offensive will lose massive numbers of people and history will not look kindly upon them.

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 5th of 23 in this recording

  7. Our readingBe careful wishing for a world with no war at all, because what would be required to enforce it might be worse than a little war.

    Their wordsWhat I’m saying is that there is an argument that if you wish for no war, you should be careful what you wish for because what’s required in order for there to be no war might be worse than a little war.

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 15th of 23 in this recording