Tesla CEO and DOGE leader Elon Musk sat down with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the “Verdict” podcast to debate a spate of points, from DOGE to AI.
Within the episode, which aired on Monday, Musk predicted that artificial intelligence will outshine the human mind inside a decade.
“I believe in 10 years, primarily based on the present price of enchancment, AI will probably be smarter than the neatest human,” Musk mentioned.
However when Cruz requested Musk who the neatest CEOs are, his reply was nearly extra stunning, contemplating a few of his previous drama.
Musk as soon as once more praised his one-time rival, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, saying that good individuals take motion.
“To some extent, good is as good does,” Musk mentioned. “What have they finished that’s tough and vital? , Jeff Bezos has finished quite a lot of tough and vital issues.”
Bezos and Musk have been fighting (and most of it publicly on social media) for many years over the whole lot from poaching workers to area contracts.
Musk additionally named Google co-founder Larry Page to the smart-CEO checklist and mentioned Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is “one of many smartest individuals” he is aware of.
Web page co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 and served as CEO till 2001. He then returned as CEO of the now-parent firm, Alphabet, from 2015 till 2019. Ellison founded Oracle in 1977 and served as CEO till 2014. He’s nonetheless the corporate’s Chief Expertise Officer.
Elon Musk is the richest particular person on the planet, with a internet price of $312 billion, according to Bloomberg. And everybody he talked about on the podcast as sensible is not too far behind.
Bezos is ranked No. 2 with $217 billion, Ellison is No. 5 with $174 billion, and Web page is No. 8 with $149 billion.
