In Part 3, Elon revealed how xAI is forcing a gigawatt-scale breakthrough in AI training power. Now Peter’s son Jet (age 14) inspires the next turn: gaming and AI’s role in it.
Peter D.: My other son Jet, who’s 14, wanted to know about your AI gaming studio and the impact of AI in the gaming world. What are your thoughts?
Elon’s origin story surfaces.
Elon: Yeah, that’s why I started programming computers… Civ was actually a very— in terms of games that educate you while you have fun, Civ is epic at that.
Dave jumps in.
Dave B.: The only way I ever win is getting off the planet… Tech victory to Alpha Centauri.
Elon: I guess I am sort of aiming for the Alpha Centauri tech victory essentially.
The analogy is perfect: civilization’s true win condition isn’t domination — it’s escape velocity.
Elon: Aspirationally [building an AI gaming studio].
Because:
Elon: The vast majority of AI compute is going to go to video consumption and generation… Real-time video generation. That’s going to be the vast majority of AI compute. Photon processing.
Peter floats an X Prize for Universal High Income governance. Elon is open but skeptical on measurement.
Then the conversation ascends to simulation theory.
Elon: The most interesting outcome is the most likely… Only the simulations that are the most interesting will survive. Because when we run simulations, we truncate the ones that are boring.
Terrible things can still happen — they keep it engaging. Like watching a war movie while eating popcorn.
Dave B.: So the guys running the simulation have immensely boring lives compared to us.
Elon: Yeah, because when we create simulations, they’re a distillation of what’s interesting.
Are we in Act 3? The room leaves it open.
This segment closes on the biggest frame possible: Reality as a game where the win condition is expansion, energy mastery, and keeping it interesting.
My two cents: Think about what you can remember from your past. You’re probably like me and mostly recall just the spicy parts of your life. So what were you doing on March 3, 2023? Good question—and a troubling one.
Our minds are made of a string of memorable events. For myself, I sought to create the most vivid memories possible when I was young. Soon, I’ll be publishing a book for you that will include some very vivid experiences I had living in Italy when I was 21–22 years old.
I encourage you to create your most important memories when you’re younger—and then you’ll carry those memories with you for your entire beautiful life. But you’re never too old to create memories!
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