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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

What will Elon Musk ruin next?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk destroyed Twitter, tarnished the reputation of Tesla, and his financial backing of far fight politics has tipped the scales towards authoritarianism across the globe. Now he has his sights set on his next target: higher education.  This week on The Bunker, Alex von Tunzelmann is joined by Beth Singler, assistant professor in digital religions at the University of Zurich, to examine Musk’s push to use AI as a replacement for traditional universities. What gets lost when education is stripped of human judgement? www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann Producer: Liam Tait. Audio production: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to The Bunker News Without the Nonsense.

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I'm Alex von Tundselman.

0:47.9

Now, Elon Musk has never been shy about predicting the future,

0:52.6

especially when that future helpfully distracts his shareholders from current underperformance.

0:55.2

The billionaire's latest claim is that artificial intelligence will soon make most job skills obsolete, ushering in a world where machines

1:01.0

outperform humans at almost everything, and where within the next two decades, work itself

1:06.5

will become optional. Regardless, he says he's still happy for his kids to go to college,

1:12.9

not to learn skills that AI will soon replace, but for the social side of student life. While they

1:18.5

enjoy campus parties, the rest of us are left wondering which of our jobs will be next on Musk's

1:23.6

chopping block. Musk has already trashed Twitter, rattled stock markets, spread misinformation with abandon,

1:31.1

wielded a chainsaw at the United States government, and even allied with Tommy Robinson

1:35.8

in the UK.

1:37.1

Now he's stirring panic about an AI apocalypse which could put us all out of our jobs.

1:42.4

So as we head into 2026, we might ask, what's Elon Musk going to

1:46.6

ruin next? But how much truth is there really to this vision? And how is tech bro futurism

1:52.7

shaping public expectations about learning and work? His deliberately provocative statements

1:57.9

lean on hype and speculation, prompting a wider debate about the role

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