Elon is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. Originally a cofounder of Paypal, Elon Musk founded SpaceX to enable the colonization of Mars.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:22 If you were 22 today, what would the five problems that you would think about working on?
00:01:01 AI
00:01:50 Genetics
00:02:16 High bandwidth interface to the brain
00:02:55 Common questions I want to be the next Elon Musk, how do I do that?
00:03:08 What did you do when you were younger that set you up to have a big impact?
00:05:00 Do you think people that want to be useful today should get PhDs?
00:05:10 How should someone figure out how they can be most useful?
00:05:49 SpaceX decision Estimating the probability of success of this very crazy idea at the time
00:08:16 Making a decision when everyone tells you this is a crazy idea? Where do you get the internal strength?
00:08:57 Just feel it and let the importance of it drive you to do it anyway
00:09:43 What are the odds of the Mars colony are at this point? When can we go to Mars? ♂⚓
00:11:13 What does the positive future for AI looks like and how can we get there?
00:13:23 Humans are so slow
00:15:02 How do you think OpenAI is going as a sixmonthold company? ⚛
00:16:03 How do you spend your days now? What do you allocate most of your time to?
00:16:30 What do you do when you are at SpaceX or Tesla?
00:16:56 Elon spends most of his time with engineering team
00:18:18 About Tesla Gigafactory and speed of the production line