# [Sam Harris](https://samharris.substack.com/)

## When Robots Take Over (Ep. 479)

A Conversation with Vinod Khosla

[Sam Harris](https://substack.com/@samharris)

Jun 04, 2026

Sam Harris speaks with Vinod Khosla about AI, economic disruption, and political risk. They discuss the prospect of mass job displacement, a trillion-dollar policy framework to redistribute AI’s gains, the failure of the California wealth tax, the corporate capitulation to Trump, Elon Musk’s embrace of white nationalist rhetoric, US-China competition, semiconductor dependence, and other topics.

**Vinod Khosla** is an entrepreneur, investor, and technology fan. He is the founder of Khosla Ventures, focused on impactful technology investments in software, AI, robotics, 3D printing, healthcare, and more​. Mr. Khosla was a co-founder of Daisy Systems and founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. One of Mr. Khosla’s greatest passions is being a mentor to entrepreneurs, assisting entrepreneurs, and helping them build technology-based businesses. ​Mr. Khosla is driven by the desire to make a positive impact through technology to reinvent societal infrastructure and multiply resources. He is also passionate about Social Entrepreneurship. Vinod holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT, New Delhi, a Master’s in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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