When Musk Met Sunak
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Matt's been to see 'gently spoken nerd' Elon Musk meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and finds it's all a bit strange. He talks to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer about whether the interview was a good idea, and talks to a former Twitter employee who was sacked by Musk.
Plus: Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss a future where no one has a job, James' opinion that we all have too many opinions, and M&S apologising after an online backlash.
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| 1:14.8 | smart speaker or download the Times Radio app. Coming up on today's episode it's Sunac versus |
| 1:21.0 | Musk. One of the weirdest political events I've ever been to. |
| 1:25.1 | In Lancaster House, the set of the Crown no less, or at least where they film the Crown, |
| 1:30.0 | a lot of it, because it looks like Buckingham Palace. |
| 1:31.8 | Rishie Sunak, the actual Prime Minister, sat down and interviewed Elon Musk about the future of AI |
| 1:38.9 | and how robots could become your best friend, but eventually the humanoids might chase you up the stairs |
| 1:44.1 | or something. |
| 1:45.1 | We unpack all of that, try to work out what we've actually learned in. |
| 1:48.7 | Is Elon Musk the sort of guy that Richie Soonak should be essentially sucking up to. |
| 1:53.9 | You'll hear from a couple of people who worked with him up until the point he fired him at |
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