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The contradiction I noticed during his Lex interview was him talking about being attacked by Elon Musk. He said it reminded him of how Elon once said he felt wh
by leobg 4y ago
The contradiction I noticed during his Lex interview was him talking about being attacked by Elon Musk. He said it reminded him of how Elon once said he felt when the Apollo astronauts lobbied against SpaceX. Elon said it made him sad. Those guys were his heroes. And that the wish they would come visit and look at the work SpaceX was doing. I found that comparison by Altman disingenuous. First, he didn’t seem so much sad as he seemed angry. At one point in the interview, he said that he thought about some day attacking back. That’s not at all how Elon had felt about those astronauts. And second, why doesn’t Altman just invite Elon and show him the work they are doing? Wouldn’t take more than a phone call.
- bagacrap 4y agoOn top of that, the astronauts never actually attacked Elon. The interviewer played it up into something it wasn't. (Not sure why Elon went along with it.) Sama reminds me strongly of Elon. Since the new economy seems to mostly revolve around hype I suppose they will be rivals.
- leobg 4y agoOh they did. There was this congressional hearing where Gene Cernan argued against giving SpaceX any missions, saying essentially they, as private enterprise, were incompetent and a disaster waiting to happen. “They don’t know what they don’t know”, he said (to which Elon rightfully said that this applies to anyone anytime). The difference, to me, is this: Elon really did look up to those astronauts. And what they said made him sad. Sam claims that he looks up to Elon. But what Elon says doesn’t make him sad. It makes him angry. Because, I believe, he also sees him as a rival and compares himself to him.