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Elon Musk

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Elon Musk

Chief Executive · Tesla, SpaceX, xAI

Co-founded OpenAI, later left and founded xAI. Has warned about AI risk for over a decade while building frontier systems, a combination he treats as consistent and critics treat as contradictory.


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0%25%50%75%100% 2024-03-18: 15% (reported) — Probability that AI annihilates humanity 15% 202420252026
DateProbabilityQuestion askedSourceVerification
2024-03-18 15% (10–20) Probability that AI annihilates humanity Abundance Summit, Great AI Debate, March 2024 reported
Stated alongside the claim that the most likely outcome is nonetheless positive.

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