Elon Musk says

“In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a [?], like a collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a nervous system. It's a hugely impactful thing.”

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“The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I’d be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.”

“It’s not as though I think the risk is that A.I. will develop a will of its own right off the bat, the concern is more that someone may use it in a way that is bad. Or even if they weren’t going to use it in a way that's bad, that someone could take it from them and use it in a way that’s bad. That I think is quite a big danger. So I think we must have democratization of A.I. technology and make it widely available. And that’s obviously the reason that you [Sam Altman], me, and the rest of the team created OpenAI - was to help spread out A.I. technologies so it doesn’t get concentrated in the hands of a few.”

“No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated”

“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”

“It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.”

“Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication […] No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don’t want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.”

“As much as possible, avoid hiring MBAs. MBA programs don't teach people how to create companies.”

“I am not normally an advocate of regulation and oversight… I think one should generally err on the side of minimizing those things… but this is a case where you have a very serious danger to the public.”

“I've actually not read any books on time management.”