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Elon Musk: Digital Superintelligence, Multiplanetary Life, How to Be Useful

2025/6/21
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以长期主义为指导，推动太空探索、电动汽车和可再生能源革命的企业家和创新者。
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Elon Musk: 我认为我们正处于智能大爆炸的早期阶段，数字超智能的出现指日可待。成为多行星物种对于文明的延续至关重要，可以大大延长文明、意识和智能的寿命。我对费米悖论感到困扰，我们应该尽一切努力确保人类这盏小蜡烛不会熄灭。探索太空，成为多行星物种，是扩展意识、探索宇宙奥秘的关键一步。我相信我们将在大约30年内将足够的质量转移到火星，使火星能够自给自足，为人类文明的延续提供保障。我希望我们能够避免全球热核战争，并建造良性的人工智能，热爱人类并提供帮助，同时，我们应该专注于超级真实的AI，这对于AI安全来说是最重要的事情。

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This chapter explores Elon Musk's early career, starting with his decision to forgo graduate studies and build something useful on the internet. It covers his experiences with Zip2, the challenges faced with legacy media companies, and his transition to creating PayPal. The chapter highlights his determination to build something impactful and his willingness to take risks.
  • Musk initially aimed to build something useful, not necessarily great.
  • Zip2's success, despite constraints from legacy media investors.
  • The move to direct-to-consumer model with X.com/PayPal.
  • The significant financial success of Zip2 and his reinvestment in subsequent ventures.

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A fireside with Elon Musk at AI Startup School in San Francisco.Before rockets and robots, Elon Musk was drilling holes through his office floor to borrow internet. In this candid talk, he walks through the early days of Zip2, the Falcon 1 launches that nearly ended SpaceX, and the “miracle” of Tesla surviving 2008. He shares the thinking that guided him—building from first principles, doing useful things, and the belief that we’re in the middle of an intelligence big bang.