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Index · 49 questions · 403 answers · 72 interviews

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Every question here was put to him in at least three separate interviews between Oct 2023 and Oct 2026. Each page lists every answer in date order, linked to the moment in the video, plus his own X posts on the topic.

49 of 49 questions · ranked by how many interviews asked it · #27 is the origin story

  1. #01When will Optimus be produced and sold, and how many?16 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 3 X
  2. #02Will AI compute / data centers move to space?12 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 4 X
  3. #03Will AI and robots take all the jobs? What will people do?11 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 4 X
  4. #04How is Starship progressing / what's next for Starship?12 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 10 X
  5. #05What are the odds AI goes badly for humanity?11 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 3 X
  6. #06When will AI be smarter than any human (AGI/ASI)?11 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 6 X
  7. #07When will Tesla Full Self-Driving be unsupervised?10 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 7 X
  8. #08How do you make AI safe? (maximally truth-seeking, curious)10 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 5 X
  9. #09What's the future of energy (solar, batteries)?10 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 5 X
  10. #10Why go to Mars / become multiplanetary?10 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 6 X
  11. #11What is your vision for X (everything app, payments)?9 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 6 X
  12. #12When will Starship be fully and rapidly reusable?9 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 12 X
  13. #13When will Tesla robotaxi / Cybercab launch and scale?9 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 4 X
  14. #14What is xAI / Grok's goal and how will it compete?10 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 11 X
  15. #15Why did you do DOGE and what did it achieve?9 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 3 X
  16. #16What limits AI scaling (chips, power, transformers)?10 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 4 X
  17. #17What's your view on China (competition, manufacturing)?8 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 8 X
  18. #18What's next for Starlink (direct to cell, revenue)?9 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 10 X
  19. #19What's your view on the war in Ukraine / Starlink there?7 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 4 X
  20. #20Should AI be regulated?7 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 3 X
  21. #21Why is free speech so important?7 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 7 X
  22. #22What's your relationship with Trump / why support him?7 interviews · 2023 to 2024 · 2 X
  23. #23Why is the legacy media against you / is it dying?7 interviews · 2023 to 2024 · 6 X
  24. #24Why did you get involved in politics / will you keep spending?6 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 2 X
  25. #25Why did you buy Twitter / X?6 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 4 X
  26. #26Why build your own chips (AI5, Terafab)?7 interviews · 2025 to 2026 · 12 X
  27. #28When will Starships and people get to Mars?6 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 4 X
  28. #29Will there be universal high income / abundance?6 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 11 X
  29. #30What's your view on immigration / open borders?5 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 3 X
  30. #31Why are you suing OpenAI / what happened with OpenAI?5 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 2 X
  31. #32When is the new Tesla Roadster coming?5 interviews · 2024 to 2025 · 11 X
  32. #33How should education change?4 interviews · 2024 to 2025 · 1 X
  33. #34How much fraud is in government payments?4 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 3 X
  34. #35How will you build a self-sustaining city on Mars?4 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 2 X
  35. #36What advice do you give young people / entrepreneurs?4 interviews · 2023 to 2025
  36. #37Are we living in a simulation?4 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 2 X
  37. #38Will SpaceX go to the Moon / build a Moon base?3 interviews · 2023 to 2026 · 5 X
  38. #39Can people trust information (Grokipedia, Community Notes)?3 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 5 X
  39. #40Why is manufacturing so hard / the factory is the product?3 interviews · 2023 · 4 X
  40. #41Why will Optimus be Tesla's biggest product?3 interviews · 2025 to 2026 · 1 X
  41. #42Why do you need the Tesla pay package / more voting control?3 interviews · 2024 to 2026 · 2 X
  42. #43Are you happy / what drives you?3 interviews · 2023 to 2024 · 2 X
  43. #44What will Neuralink do?3 interviews · 2024 to 2025 · 6 X
  44. #45How do you think / solve problems (first principles, algorithm)?3 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 4 X
  45. #46If AI does everything, where will humans find meaning?3 interviews · 2024 to 2026
  46. #47Why is Tesla worth so much / will it be the most valuable company?3 interviews · 2025 to 2026 · 1 X
  47. #48How many hours do you work / how do you manage your time?3 interviews · 2023 to 2025 · 2 X
  48. #49What about advertisers leaving X / hate speech on X?3 interviews · 2023 to 2024 · 4 X
  49. #50Will SpaceX and Tesla merge?1 interviews · 2026