The owner of SpaceX shared, on Monday, a photo with Milei on the social network X (formerly Twitter), which he also owns, in which they both appear with their thumbs up. It is their second meeting this year, at a time when Musk is interested in Argentina's large lithium reserves.
One of the headliners at the Milken Institute Global Conference, Musk was interviewed by Michael Milken himself in the most anticipated session of the first day, hours after Milei's speech.
"It is not possible to have democratic elections if people do not have access to information that allows them to make the right decision about a candidate or party", said the businessman, who transformed Twitter into X and restored accounts previously banned for infractions such as racist speech, misinformation about vaccines and homophobic attacks.
"If freedom of expression is restricted, we can't expect people to make the right decision," said Musk.
In a session that lasted about half an hour, the second richest man in the world avoided talking about the car manufacturer Tesla. He spoke of the plan to colonize Mars, the necessary reform in education, the dangers of excessive regulation and immigration.
"I believe in immigration, but having uncontrolled immigration on a massive scale is a recipe for disaster," said Musk, who said he went to the US-Mexico border to see if there was indeed an illegal immigrant crisis. "We have to make legal immigration more expeditious, but make the southern border secure," he added.
Musk also touched on one of the hottest topics of the decade, with the acceleration of the development of Artificial Intelligence technologies.
“AI may be the most important issue of all,” he stressed. "The percentage of intelligence that is biological becomes smaller with each passing month. Eventually it will be less than 1%."
The 27th edition of the Milken Institute Global Conference, which runs until Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles and is sometimes referred to as the "Davos of the West", also welcomed Javier Milei, the right-wing populist who presides over the Argentina since December.
Milei gave a speech in which he encouraged businesspeople and investors to bet on Argentina, saying that the country could be "the new Mecca of the West" and "the Rome of the 21st century".
The Argentine President published a photo with the Israeli flag, signaling support for the country and rapprochement with the West, and blamed socialism for poverty in Argentina.
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