In October, the standoff between Ukraine and Russia took on a whole new dimension as the former began making inroads, raising fears that the latter might retaliation with a nuclear weapon.

Elon Musk caused a stir during the same period present a peace plan which included recommendations to ask people in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine and Crimea whether they want to live in Ukraine or in Russia. While Ukrainian officials and pro-Ukraine people openly criticized the billionaire, he received praise from MIT professors and machine learning researchers Max Tegmark.

The academic said in a post that there is a one in six chance of an impending global nuclear war. Sharing the link to the post on Twitter, the professor said he appreciates Musk and others who pushed for de-escalation. It is in the national security interests of all nations, he added. In response to Tegmark’s tweet, Musk said, “The likelihood of nuclear war is increasing rapidly.”

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As a Temanian reporter Eva Fuchs probed about plans, citing a 2016 tweet Musk said he would prefer to bake on a Sunday morning Tesla, Inc. TSLA CEO said, “Feels so long ago. A pleasant memory.” “I was up all night trying to think of a possible way to de-escalate this war,” he added.

Referring to the war, the Tesmanian correspondent replied that giving way, especially now, will not help solve it, only aggravate the consequences. She also quoted the Latin phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum” which suggests “if you want peace, prepare for war”.

Musk offered to speak to her about the matter.

This story was originally published on October 9, 2022.

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