Elon Musk: Force for anthropic advancement or self-serving con-artist?

[r16]

oh , that 44 billions he sunk in an internet thing before ruining it in front of the whole world ? Wait until he destroys the regularity institutions and fills the remains with yes men and consolidates the wrecked US aviation industry and whatnot .

 

[JollyRoger]

Elon Musk might be in charge of the business of Grok, but the artificial intelligence has seemingly gone into business for itself, labeling Musk as one of the worst offenders when it comes to spreading misinformation online.

User Gary Koepnick asked the AI which person spreads the most information on Twitter/X—and the service did not hesitate in pointing a finger at its creator.

“Based on various analyses, social media sentiment, and reports, Elon Musk has been identified as one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X since he acquired the platform,” it wrote, later adding “Musk has made numerous posts that have been criticized for promoting or endorsing misinformation, especially related to political events, elections, health issues like COVID-19, and conspiracy theories. His endorsements or interactions with content from controversial figures or accounts with a history of spreading misinformation have also contributed to this perception.”

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-ai-turns-him-163201403.html

 

[Kyriakos]

So an Elon Musk creation can either be consistent or complete.

 

[Takhisis]

Elon Musk has said UK MPs “will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens” in a fresh escalation of tensions between the world’s richest man and Labour.

No, seriously. The man seems to be purporting to subpoena the MPs in London as a counterattack against their complaints of disinformation (about Islam, paedophiles, Keir Starmer, inheritance taxes, Stalinism, and the like).

 

[pigswill]

I think he meant to say UK MPs will be summoned to explain their censorship and threats to Elon Musk. L'etat, c'est moi.

 

[Takhisis]

Yes, something like that. He doesn't even have any official position but he's calling himself the ‘buddy in chief’.

 

[r16]

he is doge . Now shared with other politicians because that's too much work . And ı am not surprised to notice that there have been no comments that doge was the Venetian ruler , a democracy of the richest , now that he can't be elected the US President after being born in South Africa . Like , he is smart and he has plans , eh ?

edit: Oh, look ... He , with an Indian billionaire wants to cut 500 billions a year from these . They will not , but NASA and FAA are goners . His enemies that can cut into his shiny things .

Spoiler :

 

[EnglishEdward]

Elon Musk has said UK MPs “will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens” in a fresh escalation of tensions between the world’s richest man and Labour.

No, seriously. The man seems to be purporting to subpoena the MPs in London as a counterattack against their complaints of disinformation (about Islam, paedophiles, Keir Starmer, inheritance taxes, Stalinism, and the like).

So UK MPs talk about summoning Elon Musk. Elon Musk's rhetorical response is to talk about summoning UK MPs. It is just noise.

 

[Fippy]

2 months old but still an interesting read..
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/09/20/tesla-factory-elon-musk-germany-elections/

 

[Arakhor]

So UK MPs talk about summoning Elon Musk. Elon Musk's rhetorical response is to talk about summoning UK MPs. It is just noise.

In a sane world, the world's richest man, allegedly running several companies and aiding a presidential transition, wouldn't even think about indulging a spitting contest with another country's government, particularly one as one-sided as this.

 

[r16]

he is a running Goverment thing of the most powerful Western country running a war between limitless money thing of Sho-ross supporters/supporteds and the supposed future electronic money , them bitcoiny stuff . It is only natural to look like opposing London . Doge coin to become ducats or whatever , some time in the future .

only for long time r16 watchers: Oh my God, he opposes London! He has the sole right to decide about that r16 thing! Yeah , typically smart . Should have handled him kinda sorta rougher .

 

[Takhisis]

So UK MPs talk about summoning Elon Musk. Elon Musk's rhetorical response is to talk about summoning UK MPs. It is just noise.

Not quite. You see, I've lived in South America and experienced its caudillo-style politics for 20-and-a-bit years. I've been seeing this coming.

Musk may not have the legal power to actually force British legislators to appear before him, but he can conduct a court of public opinion. In these places, things like public trials and burning in effigy (as well as actually burning books) can and do happen. Musk can and does exercise his one-man power of publicly humiliating those who disagree with him, so far with zero consequence. He has already demonstrated the power to doxx people, out the targets of his hatred (e.g. transgender people) and more. He should not be underestimated.

 

[Gorbles]

Not quite. You see, I've lived in South America and experienced its caudillo-style politics for 20-and-a-bit years. I've been seeing this coming.

Musk may not have the legal power to actually force British legislators to appear before him, but he can conduct a court of public opinion. In these places, things like public trials and burning in effigy (as well as actually burning books) can and do happen. Musk can and does exercise his one-man power of publicly humiliating those who disagree with him, so far with zero consequence. He has already demonstrated the power to doxx people, out the targets of his hatred (e.g. transgender people) and more. He should not be underestimated.

Noise is only bad when it's lefties performing cancel culture. Any other noise is fine, and you're "just being dramatic".

 

[r16]

and in case the South American experience is dismissed for reasons , we had some finely tuned Military control of everything , which was like Israel's best friend and the Bulwark of the West against Islamist Extremism . Remember where we are now ? And yes , it is this pathetic Leftie handling of Musk that gives Musk his power . Over his competitors like Bezos . Over Lefties he has the regular Too Rich Billionaire power .

 

[Ordnael]

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Elon Musk said the F-35's makers are 'idiots' for still building manned jets as drone tech rises​

Elon Musk said the F-35's makers are 'idiots' for still building manned jets as drone tech rises

Musk, who is set to advise President-elect Donald Trump on government efficiency, has said before that the F-35 program would lose to a drone fighter.

www.businessinsider.com

Elon Musk, who's set to start advising President-elect Donald Trump on government efficiency in 2025, criticized the Pentagon's F-35 program in two social media posts on Sunday.

The billionaire reposted a video montage of coordinated drone swarms on X, writing: "Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35."

He added a "trash can" emoji to his post.

When another X user defended the F-35's capabilities, Musk responded that the prized jet is a "horsehockey design."

Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35
pic.twitter.com/4JX27qcxz1
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024

In another post, Musk said: "Crewed fighter jets are an inefficient way to extend the range of missiles or drop bombs. A reusable drone can do so without all the overhead of a human pilot."

"'Stealth' means nothing", he added, saying that it's "laughably easy" to shoot down fighter jets.

Musk has made similar arguments several times over the years.

Mauro Gilli, a senior researcher in military technology at the Center for Security Studies of the Swiss university ETH Zurich, told BI that Musk was echoing valid criticisms of the F-35 program.

But, he said, there were many problems with Musk's line of thinking.

Gilli acknowledged that the F-35 program has had well-documented cost and time overruns. But those problems are not primarily down to them being crewed aircraft, he told BI.

"The primary source of costs and problems was the electronics and, in particular, the software," he said.

And that would only get more expensive with a drone equivalent, he added.

"A drone operating within enemy airspace will not be remotely controlled," Gilli said. "It will need to have a very high level of autonomy."

This requires even more costly and complex electronics and software than even a piloted aircraft, he suggested.

According to Gilli, Musk's suggestion is to rely on something that has "so far been the primary source of cost and time delays. And so there is no reason to believe that these drones would be any cheaper."

Musk's emphasis on a "reusable" drone also means it would need all the same stealth capabilities as an F-35 in penetrating enemy airspace and evading air defenses, Gilli said, making his comments about stealth a moot point.

 

[Arakhor]

Musk yet again proving the adage that people who have talents in one or two specific areas should perhaps restrain their supposed expertise to those areas.

 

[Samson]

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"The primary source of costs and problems was the electronics and, in particular, the software," he said.

I do not buy this. The F35 costs two trillion, software cost is purely coder time. At an average of $137k/year they are not putting 8 million coder/years into this, or even 1 million.

 

[Kyriakos]

Afaik the main issue with software regarding the F35 is that you literally cannot do anything meaningful without the US allowing you to do it - and you have already paid billions of dollars for the honor.

 

[Moriarte]

Lockheed Martin is a long standing competitor of Musk's businesses. Particularly in aerospace. Back in the day SpaceX’s emergence as a serious competitor disrupted Lockheed Martin's monopoly in government space contracts, especially with NASA and the DoD.

Why spend trillions under established programmes when you can spend the same trillions with Musk at the helm producing autonomous AI drone-interceptors? That seems to me the question Musk is asking. With space launches occurring every day now, there is no longer a question of competitiveness of government-run programs. These programmes are inefficient and slow. Private sector, not just SpaceX, proven to be way more dynamic than government when it comes to aerospace industry.

In short, now that his pal (almost) assumed the Office, Musk is probing whether he can get this piece of the pie too.

 

[r16]

doge il Muskelli rejecting any and all ties to F-42 ; establishes himself as a supporter of MORE drones , ignoring the air superiority the Western advisors are daily rejecting to face , even dismissing the Ukranians behind Maxim machine guns of WW I vintage .