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Elon Musk on AI n Biz Newzpaper

Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview

Jul 23, 2026 · 4 min

Skip this cut: it repackages material covered more fully in the same-day Economist appearances, including the AI forecast and political defenses. Its only supplied exchange is also too long to qualify as an excerpt.

The transcript attributes to Elon Musk forecasts about AI surpassing human intelligence within approximately five years and comments on catastrophic risk versus abundance. It also covers his responses to questions about immigration, political labeling, and allegations of racism, but the only available chunk is too long to select under the stated timed-range constraint.