Musk: SpaceX AI is 3 years old but could lead in about 6 months if acceleration holds
elonmusk · x · 2026-09-25
Elon Musk laid out his view of SpaceX's AI ambitions:
- SpaceX's AI efforts are only 3 years old vs 6 and 10 for Anthropic and OpenAI; if the second derivative of progress remains strong, SpaceX will reach pole position in about 6 months
- Argues intelligence has diminishing returns past a task's threshold: "You don't need (and it would be cruel to put) Newton-level intelligence in your toaster"
- Admits hardware is hard — bringing massive compute online rapidly is incredibly difficult — but says SpaceX has demonstrated exceptional ability here
Related event: Musk Claims SpaceX Could Reach Fable/GPT-6-Level Models in 2-3 Months(9 posts)→
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