Elon Musk Says AI Will ‘Likely’ Be Good For Humanity—But Admits He’d Still Want To See It Even If It Turns Out Bad. ‘I’d At Least Like To Be Alive To See It’

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Elon Musk doesn’t shy away from big questions. Especially not when he’s center stage, livestreaming the launch of what he calls “the smartest AI in the world.” That’s exactly where he was during xAI’s Grok 4 livestream in July, where the Tesla and SpaceX boss wasn’t just showing off artificial intelligence—he was weighing whether it might render humanity obsolete. And somehow, he made…