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Ana Altchek @ Business Insider 3 place · today 13:15 EDT

Elon Musk's childhood fascination with sci-fi motivates his desire to lead the AI race, biographer Walter Isaacson says

Walter Isaacson says Elon Musk's mission to save humanity from hostile AI likely stems from reading sci-fi books like "I, Robot" as a child.

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