Elon discovers AI follows you to Mars, has existential crisis mid-conversation

Peter Thiel: “2024 is the year @elonmusk stopped believing in Mars” “There was a conversation I had with Elon in 2024— if Trump doesn’t win, I want to just leave the country.” “Elon said, ‘there’s nowhere to go.’” “In 2024, Elon came to believe that if you went to Mars, the socialist US government, the woke AI, it would follow you to Mars.” “It was the @demishassabis meeting— Demis tells Elon, ‘I’m working on the most important project in the world— I’m building a superhuman AI.’” “Elon responds, ‘I’m working on the most important project in the world— I’m turning us into interplanetary species.’” “Demis said, ‘well, you know my AI will be able to follow you to Mars.’” “Then Elon sort of went quiet.” Via @nytimes @DouthatNYT