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Anonymous07/24/26, 19:23No.1525355Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-economist-interview-2000790016 Elon Musk sat down with the editor-in-chief of the Economist for a taped interview that went live Thursday. The Tesla CEO has been avoiding normal journalists recently, even cancelling a planned interview with CNBC earlier this month. And it now seems pretty obvious why. Musk has a hard time answering normal questions about his often fascist and sometimes incoherent worldview. The interview started cordially enough, with Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes asking Musk about his thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence. Musk said many things that he’s said before, including that AI will deliver an age of abundance, where “anyone can have anything they think of.” Musk insisted that AI will exceed human intelligence in five years and that humans will no longer be in charge of the world in 10 years. Beddoes pressed Musk several times on what that means and how his companies will continue to exist. The billionaire rambled on and on in a way that didn’t really stand up to any scrutiny. “If you have vast numbers of robots with vast amounts of digital intelligence, you have a sort of a quasi-infinite economy,” said Musk. “The future is going to be very, very different from the past. There’s no analogy or metaphor that I think illustrates the magnitude of change that we’re going to experience here.”

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Anon07/24/26, 19:23No.1525356

Musk was asked how his companies would make money in this version of the future, and he insisted that “money won’t matter in 2036.” He claimed that everyone would have a high income from doing nothing and that people might still perform some kind of labor as a hobby, much in the same way that people might grow their own tomatoes in a home garden. Musk insisted backyard tomatoes weren’t as good as those you can buy from the store, but people still do it anyway. That would be news to anyone who’s had a delicious backyard tomato, which frequently tastes much better.Again, Musk has said this kind of thing before. Interviewers, especially podcasters who are just fans of Musk, won’t probe for specifics after he makes such bold statements. But Beddoes didn’t let him get away with the idea that everyone will just have a high income. She asked how this would be implemented.“What do you want money for? You want money for goods and services, right? You want money for mostly food, housing, transport, entertainment,” said Musk. “Well, if that is so abundant that […] the robots and AI are providing more goods and services than you…than any human, could possibly consume, what do you need money for?”From that point on, it was all downhill for Musk. He suggested that everyone read Iain Banks for a vision of the future, and Beddoes pointed out that Banks was a socialist. Musk insisted he wasn’t. Musk said he wanted a Star Trek version of the future, which is also a version of the future that is routinely referred to as “space communism.”

Anon07/24/26, 19:24No.1525357

When Beddoes asked Musk about his time with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he got extremely defensive. She pointed out that people had suffered and died from the destruction of USAID as an agency. Not only did Musk insist that no one died, but he also said that USAID’s functions were transferred to the U.S. State Department and all he did was get rid of the fraud. In fact, there have been many deaths from the cuts to foreign aid.Musk was pressed again on how his high-income future would work in practice. “I think that the Treasury should just simply issue people checks,” said Musk. Beddoes responded, “But where’s the revenue coming from? I mean, I’m enough of an economist. If you just issue checks, you’re going to have inflation.” Musk claimed inflation wouldn’t be a problem. He said that you could print money and actually get deflation because there will be so much abundance produced.Beddoes pointed out that Musk frequently antagonizes people online, especially when it comes to what he claims is happening in Europe. The billionaire promotes racist, far-right political actors in the UK and Germany; most recently, he used X to spread a racist movie that villainizes immigrants called Citizen Vigilante. Musk appeared to shrug when Beddoes noted that the German political party he supports, AfD, is home to some neo-Nazis. Beddoes also pointed to Musk’s belief that Britain is headed for civil war, a prediction she clearly does not share.Musk defended his actions but really flew off the handle after Beddoes asked about the contradictions Musk seemed to present. She noted that Musk talks about this utopian world that’s just over the horizon, with humanoid robots and AI doing all the work. But how does he square that with the idea that Europe is a hell-hole of immigrants ruining everything?

Anon07/24/26, 19:25No.1525358

“On the one hand, we started this conversation, and you described to me this extraordinarily transformative, amazing civilizational changing stuff that’s happening in the next 10 years. And yet you’re also, you know, an ongoing participant in the worst kind of tribalism… cesspit of social media.”Beddoes asked how he can believe in these “two very different views of the world.” Musk simply responded, “I don’t think they’re inconsistent,” without elaborating further. She then noted that people believe Musk is a racist. The billionaire defended against the accusation that he’s a racist by pointing out that his partner, Neuralink executive Shivon Zillis, is half Indian.“My partner is… she’s half Indian, and my… and I have four children with her. One of them was named after a famous Indian physicist. So I would say I’m not racist,” said Musk. “And also, if you look at the people that are employed at my companies. You know, we have senior executives of all races. I don’t think there’s any racism there.”Beddoes followed up by asking if he was anti-Muslim, and he was much less willing to explicitly deny that he is. Again and again, Musk insisted that Europe was in decline and dangerous, while Beddoes correctly pointed out the U.S. is much more dangerous than the UK when it comes to violent crime. Musk refused to believe that was true.By the end, Musk was so agitated by facing real questions that he just resorted to whining about how awful the media can be. He seemed to think that his popularity on X, the platform he owns, was evidence that most people actually love him.“A quarter billion people follow me,” Musk said, referring to his X followers, adding “I think a lot more people actually like me than don’t.” The billionaire then said that “a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize.”

Anon07/24/26, 19:26No.1525360

Beddoes acknowledged that many people hate journalists, but Musk kept going, repeating “they hate you, they hate you,” like an emotionally wounded child. Musk, flailing, tried to come up with some way to attack The Economist specifically.“There are more people that die in Europe from heat deaths than people that die from gun deaths in America. Why aren’t you writing an article about air conditioning?” asked Musk.“Well, we’ve done several on air conditioning, and we had on our cover last week a whole long piece about…” said Beddoes.“Pro-air conditioning?” Musk asked sheepishly.“Very pro-air conditioning,” she responded. “You should read us sometime.”It’s kind of the perfect moment. Musk throws out some meaningless gotcha and then asks why the media isn’t talking about something that he’s become hyperfocused on. In his ignorance, he demonstrates they actually are writing about the thing he cares about. And he just looks like an idiot.

Anon07/24/26, 19:33No.1525364

Never forget that this man created an LLM solely to compliment him and talk about how cool, smart, and sexy he is. This just might be the most pathetic man alive. And the richest. Funny how that happens.

Anon07/24/26, 20:32No.1525387

Elon, Trump, RFK, all of these guys really depress me The richest man in the world is clearly still wildly insecure and miserable The President of the United States is also a billionaire and is still clearly miserable RFK was born into American royalty, was handed everything he could want, spent almost 40 years living a hedonistic life free of responsibility, and is still miserable Between the three of them they've been on this planet for over 200 years and there hasn't been a single day of hard labor done between them And they're still so desperately unhappy What chance do regular slobs have at happiness when men who have been handed everything life has to offer on a silver platter are still this miserable?

Anon07/24/26, 20:36No.1525388

> Musk claimed inflation wouldn’t be a problem. He said that you could print money and actually get deflation Richest man in the world btw

Anon07/25/26, 01:31No.1525484

Now just imagine that low iq autistic dipshit squirm if an interviewer was actually antagonistic

Anon07/25/26, 02:04No.1525490

You expect me to believe that it's USAID's fault that the reason an entire fucking country, with a dictator that the US pays directly, couldn't fill an ambulance with fuel?

Anon07/25/26, 02:13No.1525491

if you feel lonely this friday, just remember you aren't esl shill

Anon07/25/26, 13:13No.1525568

If Republicans weren't constantly making shit up to yell, "The sky is falling!!!" you may still own some credibility. However you're scammers willing to lie for what ever it is you want. Sane humans won't accept anything you say. Subhumans that believe otherwise, you cannot spell 'Believe' without the word Lie.

Anon07/25/26, 17:38No.1525622

in a way he's right, but the problem is 99.9% of the human population won't be considered people, only the rich who can afford will the rest are obsolete and measures will be put in place so that only the rich can breed.

Anon07/25/26, 17:54No.1525641

1525574 >believe other lies >If you're vaccinated you can't catch COVID and you can't spread COVID >that which said 'I got the Pfizer' >only subhuman rightards 'believe': you cannot say 'Believe' without the word Lie >Sane humans only accept facts Trump's vax status? >that which said 'I got the Pfizer' Miggers, antivaxxtards & contraritards' opinions status: destroyed.

Anon07/25/26, 18:13No.1525649

>Do you really believe this? >you cannot say 'Believe' without the word Lie Only miggers 'Believe', thus lie to themselves. >b-b-but the covid vaccine is evil because those who avoid the vaccine say so! You must believe us! The opinions of those who were vaccinated are wrong! >facts destroy 'Beliefs' Fact: Trump was vaccinated with Pfizer-BioNTech. >other vaccines are available: Johnson & Johnson, Oxford AstraZeneca, Moderna, Sputnik V which Putin was vaccinated with Miggers, antivaxxtards & contraritards' opinions status: destroyed.

Anon07/25/26, 19:38No.1525680

1525669 This doesn't help the migger's credibility problem .

Anon07/25/26, 22:24No.1525722

1525709 >Tranny faggot shitting itself tangibly due to being a vile hypocrite fetishist that can only project.

Anon07/26/26, 04:48No.1525769

1525740 Saar, this is a White Castle

Anon07/26/26, 13:29No.1525792

I love how all these conservative cunts can’t help but talk about anything other than how much of a fucking little bitch Elon is. Derail this thread to any thing you can to avoid the subject at hand. Musk has never invented anything. He just used his daddies emerald mine money to buy other people’s inventions and then claim them as his own. He is a rich boy who has had everything handed to him.

Anon07/28/26, 20:57No.1526087

That interview was painful to watch from the second hand embarrassment. The richest man on earth, with his brain fried by Twitter, acting as if he was in an online argument during an interview