What Quinn Slobodian has said about xAI
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 30, 2026
Quinn Slobodian, Professor of international history at Boston University; author of "Globalists," "Hayek's Bastards" and co-author of "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed", has been quoted on xAI once in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on October 30, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Slobodian says Musk responded to his fear of a 'woke' LLM by creating xAI and Grok as an anti-woke AI.
“You create an anti-woke AI, and that is precisely what XAI is and what Grok was”
The Ezra Klein Show: Elon Musk’s Endgame (Oct 30, 2026) · Listen from 12:34
Episodes
Elon Musk’s EndgameThe Ezra Klein Show · Oct 30, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Ezra Klein and historian Quinn Slobodian examine Elon Musk's record campaign spending, AI vision, ideology, and the political dependencies his companies create.
Quinn Slobodian on other topics
- SpaceX · 3 quotes
- Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed · 2 quotes
- Nationalization of Starlink · 1 quote
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote
- Musk Foundation · 1 quote
- Immigration to Europe · 1 quote
- Woke mind virus · 1 quote
- Campaign finance in the United States · 1 quote