"Despite Elon Musk's multiple proclamations that he is an alien-something he reiterated on the stage of the World Economic Forum on Thursday-the billionaire SpaceX CEO thinks it's very unlikely there is intelligent life beyond Earth. In a conversation in Davos, Switzerland, with BlackRock CEO and World Economic Forum interim chair Larry Fink, Musk said this belief is the framework of his technology ventures and $600 billion of wealth."
"Musk's vision of protecting humanity manifested more than a decade ago, when he founded OpenAI alongside Sam Altman in 2015 with the hopes of addressing the existential risks and safety concerns associated with the budding technology. He told Fink that Tesla and SpaceX, worth $1.4 trillion and $800 billion, respectively, were an extension of this belief, with the purpose not only to create sustainable technology, but "sustainable abundance.""
Elon Musk holds that intelligent life and consciousness are extremely rare, creating urgency to preserve humanity's conscious existence. He frames SpaceX and Tesla as means to build a multiplanetary civilization and to develop sustainable technology and abundance that protect human survival. Founding OpenAI in 2015 aimed to address existential risks and AI safety. He envisions widespread humanoid robotics and advanced AI that would make work optional, reduce the need for money, and deliver abundance for all. He has at times joked about being an alien or a time traveler while emphasizing the need to ensure consciousness is not extinguished.
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