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 or listen to the first time on its episode page. You can read the transcript (PDF) here. 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 or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts or support it on Patreon. 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