Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and a co-founder of several other companies. This is the second time Elon has been on the podcast. You can watch the first time on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEv99vxKjVI) or listen to the first time on its episode page (https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk/). You can read the transcript (PDF) here (https://lexfridman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/elon_musk_lex_fridman_2_transcript.pdf). This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai (https://lexfridman.com/ai) or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter (https://twitter.com/lexfridman), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman), Medium (https://medium.com/@lexfridman), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman) where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence/id1434243584) or support it on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman). Here’s the outline with timestamps for this episode (on some players you can click on the timestamp to jump to that point in the episode):

00:00 – Introduction

01:57 – Consciousness

05:58 – Regulation of AI Safety

09:39 – Neuralink – understanding the human brain

11:53 – Neuralink – expanding the capacity of the human mind

17:51 – Neuralink – future challenges, solutions, and impact

24:59 – Smart Summon

27:18 – Tesla Autopilot and Full Self-Driving

31:16 – Carl Sagan and the Pale Blue Dot