Elon Musk spoke with iconic journalist Kara Swisher at the prestigious Code Conference on September 27, 2021 for a wide-ranging conversation. In typical style, Musk made a number of predictions about the future, many of them having to do with his own portfolio of technology companies.
“Essentially with Starship, it is possible to make the economics close for creating a self-sustaining city on Mars and a base on the Moon for those who want to go there. It’s really very profound development and that’s what I’m spending most of my time on.”
6. “ I think we’ll see great receptivity to the benefits of psychedelics.”
“We are building a humanoid robot that will be like the car but with legs. I kind of held off doing that for a while because I certainly don’t want to hasten the A.I. apocalypse, but clearly, with Boston Dynamics, those humanoid robots are going to happen. They’re either going to happen with or without Tesla. With Tesla, I’ve got a lot more ability to ensure robotics safety and A.I. I’ll try my best to do that.”
“[Cryptocurrency] will hopefully reduce the error and latency in the money system. Governments have a habit of editing the money database, which is like probably some ancient mainframe somewhere in Virginia writing COBOL. That's why it's kind of bleak to think about that.”
1. “I think things will probably start heading in a more positive direction.”
“As Covid lifts and the important meetings [in China between the government and technology executives] return, I think the I think probably there will be an increase in the sort of trust level [between the two]. And I think things will probably start heading in a more positive direction.”