Ted Cruz

“It reminded me, last year I had Elon Musk on my podcast … and one of the questions I asked him, I said, ‘OK, what are the odds that AI destroys humanity?’ And he looked at me and said, ‘10-20%.’ And I’m like, ‘holy crap,’”

Ted Cruz · said 2026-09-09 · reported 2026-09-10

Cruz recounted a conversation from his podcast with Elon Musk about the odds that AI destroys humanity.

“read that whole tweet thread that that developer put out. It was highly concerning.”

Ted Cruz · said 2026-09-09 · reported 2026-09-10

Cruz said in an interview on ABC's The View that AI poses a catastrophic risk and that he had read a developer's tweet thread about AI concerns.