Ray Dalio Wants X Users to Ask Him Questions to Train His AI Clone

Ray Dalio gave investors a rare opportunity on Wednesday to ask whatever was on their mind.

His offer may seem generous, but it’s also in the spirit of training an AI clone of the legendary investor.

The founder of Bridgwater Associates, Dalio, is well known for sharing his insights on social media. Now, he’s crowdsourcing questions from X and LinkedIn users, which he said will be used to train his model. Dalio has been working on creating his AI clone since 2024 to make coaching and mentorship more accessible.

“Now that gold is hotter than AI stocks (and the meme is now changing to recognize that it can be an even better storehold of wealth than tech stocks), I’m getting lots of questions about it,” Dalio wrote on Wednesday.

“If you have questions for me, please ask them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them here. I’m using the questions I get and my answers to them to educate my AI clone, so it’s helpful to know what questions people have,” he added.

Dalio has long been a proponent of gold for its ability to hedge against the debasement of other assets like government debt and fiat currencies. He recently stated that he thinks investors should allocate 15% of their portfolio to either gold or bitcoin, though he said he prefers the metal.

While Dalio did not immediately start responding to the questions, many users on X took him up on his offer and asked questions about gold and the broader economy. A recurring theme in the comment sections of both posts was the question of whether to buy physical gold or a gold-backed ETF.

“Are we in a ‘hybrid’ gold/Bitcoin era?” one X user asked. “It feels like there’s still a big divide between gold and Bitcoin people. Shouldn’t we be on the same sound money team?”

Some wondered if other metals, such as copper, could be considered an effective store of wealth, noting their importance to things like the global energy transition.

Dalio did not specify when he would respond to questions, nor how many he would take. His X thread received considerably more responses than his LinkedIn post, generating more than 200 replies within its first hour.