“Science of the AI Mind” & Ron Baron 9/16/26
· 59 min
Episode “Science of the AI Mind” & Ron Baron 9/16/26
Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, and Dario Amodei discussed AI guardrails at the Salesforce conference this week, each with a different perspective on safety and innovation. In a Wall Street Journal piece, Reciprocal Research director Cameron Berg argues that AI systems are being built faster than humans can understand them. He pushes for study of the “science of the AI mind” in this modern era of science fiction. Billionaire mutual funder Ron Baron made literal billions from his long-term bets on Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX companies. In an extended conversation, he discusses data centers in space, dystopian robots, and the potential tie-up of Tesla and SpaceX. Plus, bitcoin fell after the Clarity Act failed to pass the Senate, and diesel prices hit a record high.
Ron Baron - 15:54
Cameron Berg - 48:52
In this episode:
Ron Baron, @BaronCapital
Cameron Berg, @camhberg
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick
Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie
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Links in the notes 11
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/nvidia-and-anthropic-ceos-diverge-on-ai-safety-at-dreamforce.html
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/15/ron-baron-bought-1-billion-of-spacex-shares-in-ipo-lifting-stake-to-25-billion.html
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/senate-cloture-vote-on-clarity-act-fails-dealing-regulatory-setback-to-crypto-industry.html
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/diesel-price-iran-strait-hormuz-ukraine-russia.html
- https://x.com/BaronCapital
- https://x.com/camhberg?lang=en
- https://x.com/JoeSquawk
- https://x.com/BeckyQuick
- https://twitter.com/andrewrsorkin
- https://x.com/Kramer_Katie
- https://pcm.adswizz.com
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