Musk: Controlling silicon intelligence a million times smarter than biology is foolish
Elon Musk · Elon’s wildest interview yet — our reaction · Feb 18, 2026 · at 24:07
In an interview clip played on the podcast, Elon Musk discusses AI safety and whether humanity can realistically retain control over artificial superintelligence.
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“I'm just trying to be realistic here. If we have, if AI intelligence is vastly more, if AI is like, You know, let's say that there's a million times more silicon intelligence than there is biological. It's, I think it's, it would be foolish to assume that, that there's any way to maintain control over, over that. Now you can make sure it has the right values, or you can try to have the right values.”
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