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Storied investor Vinod Khosla , founding father and partner at Khosla Ventures , and more recently one of the first checks into OpenAI , curve off topic during a Monday consultation atTechCrunch Disrupt 2024focused on the future of AI . After talking about AI ’s future tense and risk , he take a moment to deliver a stringent warning about the upcoming U.S. election and what ’s at stake for the country .
In unforesightful , “ our democracy is definitely on the line , ” he tell , alongside other coarse words for anyone who back Trump — admit Elon Musk .
“ I ca n’t think [ Musk is ] supporting somebody with such depraved values as Trump , ” Khosla say the gang at the league . “ I ca n’t imagine anyone who values ‘ values ’ voting for Trump , ” he continued . “ He ’s so perverse , it ’s unimaginable to me . But obviously Trump is tapping into a nervure of discontent that ’s very actual . ”
Murmurs of surprise at the bowelless nature of his statement , laughter , and scattered applause babble through the consultation of chiefly entrepreneur .
The investor go on to explain why he believes the U.S. is in the place it ’s in , saying that when there ’s large enough discontent , hoi polloi are more open to believing in anything or relying on their “ own solidification of fact . ”
He pointed to the late misinformation circulating about FEMA in the wake of the devastating hurricanes that gain multiple states in the U.S. , which had falsely take that the money offered by the U.S. government was actually being sent elsewhere .
Khosla pointed out that the lack of a apportion set of fact was the informant of this form of misinformation . He brought up Trump ’s claim of a “ stolen ” election as another instance of this problem .
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“ If you say it was [ stolen ] , I do n’t really want to talk to you because we do n’t share facts , ” the investor noted .
Khosla also held Elon Musk , in special , accountable for helping spread this case of misinformation on X. ( Or Twitter , as Khosla refer to it , saying “ I still call it Twitter . ” )
After crediting Musk for his entrepreneurship — for affair like galvanising cars and “ take hold of that rocket with chopstick ” — he then shamed the billionaire for ignoring “ all the depravity of Trump — the fact that he ’s a convict felon , charged raper , I could go on and on , ” Khosla enounce with vitriol .
He referenced how Musk had assist distribute Trump ’s misinformation , like the eccentric call that immigrants were feed your darling .
“ How ridiculous can you get ? I do n’t know how to communicate on that front , ” Khosla say . “ I do n’t have it off what the right return - answer is . ”
Khosla , of course , has been feud with Musk publically and not just on the topic of the upcoming election . The two battle over aland use egress , where Musk had take exception him over making a formerly public beach parking bunch private , for instance .
( Asked if Musk ’s late behavior has influenced his choices , Khosla note “ I bought my Tesla before Elon went crazy . ” )
Musk and Trump literary criticism away , Khosla say that the U.S. election may not have that much shock on the technical school diligence , specifically .
“ I do n’t see where their policies will be different , ” he articulate , referring to both the right and left .
“ It will be different in how we assess people , how we share wealth , what we do about the bottom 50 % of the people in this rural area . It will be very dissimilar for them , ” Khosla said .
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