Musk Tells The Economist He 'Can't See Any Way to Really Stop This Incredible Momentum,' Completing a Twelve-Year Reversal
Musk's first extended interview since the SpaceX IPO, released 2026-07-23 with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, drew 1,598 upvotes and 706 comments on r/singularity for what the thread called a self-contradiction. Musk, who called AI 'summoning the demon' in 2014, 'far more dangerous than nukes' in 2018, and put P(doom) at 10 to 20 percent in March 2025, now says his 'philosophical conclusion is to look on the bright side' because 'I can't see any way to really stop this incredible momentum of AI and robots.' He also claimed money stops mattering by 2036 once robots outproduce what anyone can consume. The contrast with the same-week Pacing the Frontier letter is the useful read: the loudest historical doomer has landed on resignation while lab employees are asking for a brake.
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