Squawk Pod

“Science of the AI Mind” & Ron Baron 9/16/26

Mittwoch, 16. September 2026 · 59 min

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Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, and Dario Amodei discussed AI guardrails (cnbc.com/2026/09/15/nvidia-and-anthropic-ceos-…) 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 (cnbc.com/2026/06/15/ron-baron-bought-1-billion…) 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 (cnbc.com/2026/09/15/senate-cloture-vote-on-cla…) the Senate, and diesel prices hit a record high (cnbc.com/2026/09/11/diesel-price-iran-strait-h…).

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In this episode:
Ron Baron, @BaronCapital (x.com/BaronCapital)
Cameron Berg, @camhberg (x.com/camhberg?lang=en)
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk (x.com/JoeSquawk)
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick (x.com/BeckyQuick)
Andrew Ross Sorkin,@andrewrsorkin (twitter.com/andrewrsorkin)
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie (x.com/Kramer_Katie)

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