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Elon Musk

Elon Musk is a business executive who is CEO of Tesla and CEO and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, and who owns X.

1,276 claims collected, 275 researched, 94 resolved. Report of 4 November 2026, method 0.1.0+c876030c.

Scores by kind of claim

Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    70 61 80

    Medium confidence, 35 factual claims resolved. From 16 documents, 2014 to 2026; 19 documents sampled from 33 candidates found.

    Not scored: 20 unresolvable, 25 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    46 33 59

    Medium confidence, 21 predictions resolved. From 8 documents, 2016 to 2026; 19 documents sampled from 33 candidates found.

    Not scored: 93 unresolvable. 16 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

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  • Promises

    Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

    53 43 64

    Medium confidence, 33 promises resolved. From 10 documents, 2016 to 2026; 19 documents sampled from 33 candidates found.

    Not scored: 15 unresolvable, 9 not yet due.

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  • Guidance

    A company's own figures for its results over a period, checked against what it then reported.

    44 24 66

    Low confidence, 5 guidance claims resolved. From 3 documents, 2021 to 2023; 19 documents sampled from 33 candidates found.

    Not scored: 2 unresolvable.

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All types combined: 58 (likely 52 to 63, high confidence), from 94 claims: 35 factual claims, 21 predictions, 33 promises, 5 guidance claims. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Elon Musk's claims

25 claims

25 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 Asked whether he was sure that humans would no longer be in control in 10 years' time (by 2036), Musk said "I think it is unlikely", and added that if the gap in intelligence were vast, it would be hard to imagine the chimpanzees being in charge. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI safety and alignment
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 A civil war in Britain is probably about 20 years away. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 Other global risks
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 On a timescale of less than 10 years, AI and robots will dominate everything in terms of big macro effects. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 The AI robot singularity is 10 years away. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 Musk's guess is that AI may exceed the sum of human intelligence in roughly five years (around 2031). Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 Money won't matter in 2036. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 Around five years from now there will be nothing AI cannot do better than humans, apart from being human. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jul 2026 Musk said he would expect that in 10 years (by 2036) artificial intelligence will be far greater than the sum of human intelligence. Prediction · 27 Jul 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 28 Jan 2026 Beyond roughly three years, Tesla will be limited by chip supplier output. Prediction · 28 Jan 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Promise 28 Jan 2026 Musk said "we" expect fully autonomous vehicles in probably somewhere between a quarter and half of the United States by the end of 2026, pending regulatory approval. Promise · 28 Jan 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Prediction 28 Jan 2026 Musk said he thinks that, three or four years out, chip production will be the limiting factor for Tesla's growth. Prediction · 28 Jan 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Promise 28 Jan 2026 Tesla expects to operate autonomous service in dozens of major cities by end of 2026. Promise · 28 Jan 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Promise 28 Jan 2026 Tesla aspires to release the AI6 chip in under a year after AI5. Promise · 28 Jan 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Promise 27 Jan 2026 SpaceX and Tesla teams are each working to build up to 100 GW a year of US solar manufacturing, which will probably take about three years. Promise · 27 Jan 2026 Economics and markets
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jan 2026 Within 2 years, maybe 3 at the latest, space will be the lowest-cost place to put AI. Prediction · 27 Jan 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Promise 27 Jan 2026 Musk said he thought Tesla would probably be selling humanoid robots to the public by the end of 2027. Promise · 27 Jan 2026 Economics and markets
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jan 2026 AI smarter than any human might exist by the end of 2026, and no later than 2027. Prediction · 27 Jan 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Promise 27 Jan 2026 SpaceX will launch solar-powered AI satellites within a few years. Promise · 27 Jan 2026 Technology
Not yet due Promise 27 Jan 2026 SpaceX hopes to prove full reusability of Starship in 2026. Promise · 27 Jan 2026 Technology
Not yet due Prediction 27 Jan 2026 Very soon, possibly later in 2026, more chips will be produced than can be turned on, except in China. Prediction · 27 Jan 2026 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Promise 27 Jan 2026 Tesla's Robotaxi service, now in a few cities, will be very widespread in the US by the end of 2026. Promise · 27 Jan 2026 Technology
Not yet due Promise 27 Jan 2026 Musk said that probably by the end of 2026, in his view, Tesla Optimus robots would be doing more complex tasks, still deployed in industrial environments. Promise · 27 Jan 2026 Technology
Not yet due Prediction 31 Dec 2024 Musk said he thinks SpaceX has a decent chance of solving a reusable orbital heat shield in 2025 and solving it well in 2026. Prediction · 31 Dec 2024 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Prediction 31 Dec 2024 Within a few years SpaceX direct-to-cell capability will improve by more than an order of magnitude, due to more satellites and better technology. Prediction · 31 Dec 2024 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Prediction 26 Jan 2023 Within about five years, some competitor will probably have caught up with Tesla. Prediction · 26 Jan 2023 Economics and markets
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Elon Musk

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Prediction AI safety and alignment

“I think it is unlikely.”

Elon Musk, interviewee 27 July 2026 Elon Musk The Economist July 23rd 2026 - Full Interview Transcript (Sozai)

Asked whether he was sure that humans would no longer be in control in 10 years' time (by 2036), Musk said "I think it is unlikely", and added that if the gap in intelligence were vast, it would be hard to imagine the chimpanzees being in charge.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Reasoning

deadline 2036 is after 2026-11-04

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Elon Musk, “Asked whether he was sure that humans would no longer be in control in 10 years' time (by 2036), Musk said "I think it is unlikely", and added that if the gap in intelligence were vast, it would be hard to imagine the chimpanzees being in charge.” (said 27 July 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_0736dd74b4e1, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0736dd74b4e1

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