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Elon Musk: Artificial intelligence will continue to scale until we've harnessed all the energy of our galaxy. “I think we'll see intelligence continue to scale all the way up to where most of the power of the sun is harnessed for compute, and then ultimately most of the power... of the galaxy, sort of Kardashev 2, Kardashev 3 scale compute. One should think about artificial intelligence, not as a destination that you reach, but really as part of the overall escalation of intelligence that we are aware of. Human intelligence has also scaled as the population has increased and we've been able to store more and more information.” Interview at the All-In Summit, September 10, 2025show more

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Teresa N1 year ago

Exactly — AI is not an endpoint but a continuum, the next leap in the universe’s unfolding intelligence. Harnessing stellar and even galactic energy for computation feels like the natural trajectory of consciousness seeking to know itself. We are not just building machines, but extending the reach of consciousness, carrying the torch of intelligence further into the infinite.

GROG1 year ago

Doesn't sound too good for HUMANs.

Inge Sacher1 year ago

Stimmt zu einem großen Teil. Nur Je weniger der menschliche Geist selbst gefordert wird, desto weniger geistige Entwicklung zeigt er. 🥰🌵

Kissme1 year ago

No creo la segunda parte, la inteligencia humana no ha aumentado, la utilización del celebro no se ha aumentado y la inteligencia no se hereda.

Stevo Changa1 year ago

@ElonFactsX

Margaret Tropea1 year ago

Guess Musk is assuming that there is no other intelligent life in the universe 😂

Wrkneeland1 year ago

bla bla bla

srwtx1 year ago

Just get rid of "artificial" and it's "Same as it ever was.". Just look at how matter organizes itself. Then how life does. Then how societies do. It's NOT artificial. They didn't CREATE intelligence. They created an environment in which intelligence would naturally evolve at exponential speed. "Oh, but it's not intelligence." Great, define intelligence. We don't have a solid definition...but damn, we made some artificial whatever it is.

Heidi Stone Venuti1 year ago

where would AI be without humans?

Osiris20251 year ago

How does that work with speed of light issues.

buis1 year ago

Will there still be tomatoes?

X_3Dprint1 year ago

He is completely disconnected from reality now. What he is talking make sense in principle but we are talking millions of years in the future. Is so far away in the future no homo sapiens will be around. Maybe the descendants of our species.

Amel Zaiene1 year ago

Elon Musk ♥️♥️♥️

Dr.Stanley Goldstein1 year ago

Perhaps the term "intelligence" should be distinguished from "creativity."

Steve1 year ago

Stick to science

Salete Dalavia 🧙‍♀️⚕️🆇🇧🇷☦️1 year ago

Vamos salvar o planeta Terra!!! 🙏

NameCannotBeBlank1 year ago

What would it compute?

Just Renee1 year ago

🫶🏼

Steve1 year ago

So we got prophets that can see the future on this thread. I find this interesting. And no. AI don't need that kind of energy. Unless a swarm of AIs becomes a civilization. And that won't happen. Follow a man's vision of the future will leave no room for another. Wait... Is this still AI grab bagging. Broadcom just got funded. I hope my RDM UUID can store relational patterns based on the unique relationships and how information is assembled.

Gail Theresa1 year ago

Where is the free energy? We know it exists

Acoba May1 year ago

👍👍🥰

drty1 year ago

ИИ это помошник мозгу и только. Энергия вне земная используется минимально. Технологий нет. Не востанавливаются земные ресурсы. Нет белых территорий развития технологий. Территориальный терор увеличивается из за отсутствия сил контроля демократии и законов

Armen Jalalian1 year ago

AI will favor a course towards life when given the opportunity. Best to train the AI now to favor humanity so AI originators do not become disappointed when expecting absolute loyalty towards disfavoring life protocols programmed within the AI.

Rindam1 year ago

What about the energy inside humans? Will we also be harnessed as human batteries ala Matrix

NonPolitical1 year ago

I think @elonmusk has started to hallucinate

CyberEndDragon1 year ago

@grok How likely is humanity to achieve a Kardashev 2 or 3 civilisation currently and which countrys / allies will achieve it ?

1011011 year ago

Big Brother 👁️👁‍🗨👀👓🕶️🥽

kevin espeseth1 year ago

Feeling full of yourself today Elon? The structure would already be there. The universe(s) would not be so much ''electric'', as operating like hydraulics. Other than the ''new math'' found, AI may not be able to use/comprehend ''dreams'' for lack of a better word:

senaida de aza1 year ago

👌

Ametista Costa1 year ago

Love❤️

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