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Elon on why he became an accelerationist: https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1935809018066608510
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1It's from a new podcast on Y Combinator with Musk, at 35:27:
Part of what I've been fighting and maybe what has slowed me down somewhat is that I'm a little ... I don't want to make Terminator real, you know? I've been sort of, at least until recent years dragging my feet on AI and humanoid robotics. Then I've sort of come to realization that it's happening whether I do it or not. So you've got really two choices: you can either be a spectator or a participant. Well, I guess I'd rather be a participant than a spectator. So now it's pedal to the metal on humanoid robots and digital superintelligence.
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