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Enough Musk Spam

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It sounds like Musk did not mince words, telling his newly acquired staffers that they were his way of playing catch-up. The Information summed up his description of his apparent predicament by saying “he wasn’t used to losing.”

Musk also supposedly said AI models are sure to become too advanced for humanity to control, so he considers it necessary that SpaceX “build the technology before other companies did,” per the Information. This may come across as troubling if you A) agree with Musk about AI becoming impossible to control, but B) don’t trust Musk and only Musk to be the one to control it, like he apparently does.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish that someone managed to convince Musk to just stop, let it all go, buy a place in the woods and spend his days managing a forrest.

He would be far more healthy, as would the rest of the world.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's exactly it. The richest man in the world is a lost soul and can't find happiness. It's sort of depressing.

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Healthy people don’t have a constant need for validation through acquisition and financial “success.” The richest people will always be among the most fucked up.

One exception is the founder of MySpace who just travels and is into photography.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I figure that you can become an accidental ten or possibly hundred millionaire by having a fantastic service or product. It takes someone completely broken to want more at all costs. I really believe that it’s just like hoarding.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Personally, I reckon it's Musk that's out of control. Solution? Wolves.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I wonder what musk thinks cursor is

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 11 points 1 day ago

Musk also supposedly said AI models are sure to become too advanced for humanity to control, so he considers it necessary that SpaceX “build the technology before other companies did,” per the Information. This may come across as troubling if you A) agree with Musk about AI becoming impossible to control, but B) don’t trust Musk and only Musk to be the one to control it, like he apparently does.

"AI is going to go out of control, so it's important that we get our AI become an out-of-control disaster sooner than anybody else's!"

What the fuck is the logic here? Is he worried that somebody else's out of control AI isn't going to be racist enough?

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

He actually looks like a polished turd. You can still see his true colors, you can see the little undigested kernels of what went into making him, there's just a weird, reflective, tight, cover on it all.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

How many wives has he lost?

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’d think that by now he'd have got used to it