Elon Musk AI-Powered Empire Expands Again, X.AI Startup Incorporated in Nevada

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So when he called for 6 month pause in AI development he was just asking everybody to stop and wait for his AI company ?

I don't think he was amongst those calling for a halt, was he?

It would surprise me if he could think that hard about consequences, frankly.

 

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I don't think he was amongst those calling for a halt, was he?

It would surprise me if he could think that hard about consequences, frankly.

He was one of the headliner's, I believe the theory originally was that he was salty - which by his public statements it's also true - about OpenAI turning into a for profit coorporation (technically there's a non profit and a for profit side of the business, the usual legal workarounds) and slowly being bought out by Microsoft - he was an investor in the beginning and invested in what was a non profit.

But yeah, we now see it was also pure hypocrisy and a long shot hope for time to catch up.

 

[Fluffmeister]

The dangers of AI is an interesting one, the advances are pretty incredible in all areas, reading about the award winning photo that was pure AI generated: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65296763 reinforces how quickly people can be fooled.

And with Russia proving to be pathetically weak bad guys, AI should be a something worth focusing on.

 

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I don't think he was amongst those calling for a halt, was he?

It would surprise me if he could think that hard about consequences, frankly.

Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing ‘Profound Risks to Society’ (Published 2023)

More than 1,000 tech leaders, researchers and others signed an open letter urging a moratorium on the development of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems.

www.nytimes.com

For anyone trying to figure him out I'll just say Good Luck!

 

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For anyone trying to figure him out I'll just say Good Luck!

He's a salesman. Mostly of stock, but also of cars. What surprises me is that people don't realize he's a car salesman. Its really straight forward once you recognize the pattern here.

The "brilliant" part is that if you convince people to buy your stock, they'll sell cars for you in the hopes that TSLA stock increases in value. Mark Twain / Tom Sawyer effect, he's managed to get other people to paint the fence white for him on their own time online... and now that a big crowd is out there having fun painting the fence white, more and more people join in on the fun.

So yeah, good car salesman. He'll tell you what he needs to say to sell you what he needs to sell, and then move onto the next subject and sell you more things.

In this case, he's selling Twitter (or X??) stock. Not to you or me (its not public yet), but he's seeking investors.