A month ago, Elon Musk was crowned the world’s first trillionaire after a record public offering for SpaceX. Now investors are growing impatient with the pioneering businessman as the bills come due on his most ambitious promises for SpaceX and Tesla.

It is unclear how his dark vision of the future outside America fits with his AI utopianism. But even Mr Musk wonders if it all makes sense. At times, he says, he believes in a theory in which the universe is a computer simulation created by aliens. “The things I’m doing are so preposterous that it’s hard to believe they’re real.” ■

Elon Musk says AI will surpass human intelligence in five years, promising abundance while dodging who ends up in control.

Elon Musk was told by a U.K. journalist that his claim that her home country is headed for a “civil war” is “nonsense” in a rough interview. Musk, 55, sat with The Economist‘s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes for a video interview where the tech billionaire’s incendiary comments on the U.

July 23 (Reuters) - Elon Musk urged the world's leading AI firms to conduct peer reviews of one another's most advanced models before releasing them, The Economist reported on Thursday, as concerns grow over the rapid pace of the technology's development and potential safety risks.

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.”

Elon Musk's viral interview exchange with The Economist's Editor-in-Chief reignites debate over media trust, as he challenges claims of public disdain and highlights his influence on social platforms.