Sometimes it’s explicit, most times it’s implicit
Elon Musk on Joe Rogan: “If AI gets programmed by the extinctionists, its utility function will be the extinction of humanity.”
In this 3:04 clip, Musk blasts the “death cult” mindset he sees in elite circles:
- Calls out a New York Times-featured guy from the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement who wants zero humans left (“better if there were none”).
- Says this anti-human view has infiltrated social media, Google, and Facebook.
- Warns the extreme environmentalism turns humanity into a “plague” — and if extinctionists influence AI, it could literally aim to wipe us out.
- Rogan jokes he'd party with the guy; Musk says he can “go to hell.”
Musk: “I'm pro-environment… but they've gone way too far. Earth could handle 10X the population without destroying rainforests.”
A stark warning on AI safety and the dangers of anti-human ideology.
Is Musk right — is this a real threat, or just paranoia?