Interview · moment 9 of 20
Billionaires, AI, Bunkers, and Whether They Even Believe Their Own Hype
from Bernie Sanders | The Tim Dillon Show #467 · #467
5 min
Guest
Discussion of Steve Bannon's call to seize SpaceX, Musk's wealth, and Sanders' story about a rally where almost no one believed AI and robotics would help the working class, plus speculation about billionaires building bunkers.
- Steve Bannon has suggested seizing SpaceX and deporting Elon Musk.
- Musk has over 400 billion dollars and is on his way to becoming a trillionaire, which Tim says is not acceptable.
- Tim argues billionaires get satisfaction from creation, but there's a limit to how much wealth anyone needs.
- Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine and gave it away, unlike modern billionaires building autonomous drone armies.
- Billionaires are building bunkers all over the world—Tim questions what they know that we don't.
- Tim asks if anyone really believes billionaires are investing in AI and robotics to improve life for average Americans.
- At a rally in Davenport, Iowa with thousands of people, only two hands went up when Tim asked who thinks AI will help the working class.
- AI and robotics will displace millions of people from their jobs, making it impossible for workers to benefit from economic transformation.
- A handful of billionaires are determining the future of the world, with no input from ordinary people.
Elon MuskSteve BannonbunkersJonas SalkArtificial IntelligenceSpaceXSam AltmanLarry EllisonJeff Bezos