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Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.ai

32 points by tzm 3y ago

andrewclunn 3y ago
Wait, didn't Elon JUST SAY that we needed to put a halt on AI development?
- GravitasFailure 3y ago
  No. He said you did. How else would he catch up?
  - ratg13 3y ago
    Unfortunately the man has deluded himself into thinking he’s the savior of humanity. He thinks AI is bad for humanity, but not if he controls it. This is in the same vein that he thinks censorship is the worst thing ever unless he is the one doing the censoring. It’s just sad that his ultimate goal for humanity is letting Grimes’ children live on a Mars space station while Earth is destroyed. He constantly uses his grand plan as justification for why he should get to hoard obscene amounts of cash .. instead of paying taxes and contributing to the health of the society we currently live in.
- world2vec 3y ago
  His hypocrisy is staggering.
  - pjkundert 3y ago
    Just as it isn’t inconsistent that Ron Paul put in “earmarks” for his constituents, while simultaneously voting against them all — it isn’t inconsistent for Elon to say “slow down” while accelerating AI R&D. Any company/nation hobbling their AI programs will be lethally impaired in defence & commerce.
version_five 3y ago
https://archive.md/qzbbb https://archive.md/qzbbb I'm interested to see what he does. From his public comments, he doesn't understand AI at all, but that's often helpful as a businessman, because you are not constrained by what the technology actually does.
- pjkundert 3y ago
  The staggering pride of HNers never ceases to astonish me. Doesn’t understand AI? While he - deploys one of the highest capacity inference platforms on the planet - deploys the most advanced AI self-driving platform - lands rockets with automation that exceeds the capabilities of traditional control systems He’s probably forgotten more practical AI expertise than anyone in this conversation is ever going to know…
  - tsuujin 3y ago
    People who work for him may well be experts. That doesn’t mean he knows anything at all about it himself. Musk didn’t do any of the things you listed, companies he has ownership in did.
    - pjkundert 3y ago
      So he simultaneously has limited competency in areas (AI, passenger vehicles, spacecraft, tunnel boring, computer/nerve integration, …) yet he is capable of isolating and hiring and keeping world-leading experts in (checks notes) EVERY one of these areas?
      - pinewurst 3y ago
        As painful as it may be to realize, Tony Stark is a comic book/movie character and not a real person. Musk is a bullshitter who has bootstrapped his way to success, admittedly successfully. However, when you look at his well covered statements (too darned many of them :) post-Twitter, it’s obvious that he, for example, knows nothing about software, datacenter admin, nor the world of advertising. I’m willing to extrapolate to believe that he knows little more than the veneer of science and technology that’s necessary to persuade others to finance him.
jprd 3y ago
Sigh. I'm tired.
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bellgrove 3y ago
Given his reputation, why would any software engineers want to work for one of his companies?

32 points by tzm 3y ago

andrewclunn 3y ago

Wait, didn't Elon JUST SAY that we needed to put a halt on AI development?

GravitasFailure 3y ago
No. He said you did. How else would he catch up?
- ratg13 3y ago
  Unfortunately the man has deluded himself into thinking he’s the savior of humanity. He thinks AI is bad for humanity, but not if he controls it. This is in the same vein that he thinks censorship is the worst thing ever unless he is the one doing the censoring. It’s just sad that his ultimate goal for humanity is letting Grimes’ children live on a Mars space station while Earth is destroyed. He constantly uses his grand plan as justification for why he should get to hoard obscene amounts of cash .. instead of paying taxes and contributing to the health of the society we currently live in.
world2vec 3y ago
His hypocrisy is staggering.
- pjkundert 3y ago
  Just as it isn’t inconsistent that Ron Paul put in “earmarks” for his constituents, while simultaneously voting against them all — it isn’t inconsistent for Elon to say “slow down” while accelerating AI R&D. Any company/nation hobbling their AI programs will be lethally impaired in defence & commerce.

version_five 3y ago

https://archive.md/qzbbb https://archive.md/qzbbb I'm interested to see what he does. From his public comments, he doesn't understand AI at all, but that's often helpful as a businessman, because you are not constrained by what the technology actually does.

pjkundert 3y ago
The staggering pride of HNers never ceases to astonish me. Doesn’t understand AI? While he - deploys one of the highest capacity inference platforms on the planet - deploys the most advanced AI self-driving platform - lands rockets with automation that exceeds the capabilities of traditional control systems He’s probably forgotten more practical AI expertise than anyone in this conversation is ever going to know…
- tsuujin 3y ago
  People who work for him may well be experts. That doesn’t mean he knows anything at all about it himself. Musk didn’t do any of the things you listed, companies he has ownership in did.
  - pjkundert 3y ago
    So he simultaneously has limited competency in areas (AI, passenger vehicles, spacecraft, tunnel boring, computer/nerve integration, …) yet he is capable of isolating and hiring and keeping world-leading experts in (checks notes) EVERY one of these areas?
    - pinewurst 3y ago
      As painful as it may be to realize, Tony Stark is a comic book/movie character and not a real person. Musk is a bullshitter who has bootstrapped his way to success, admittedly successfully. However, when you look at his well covered statements (too darned many of them :) post-Twitter, it’s obvious that he, for example, knows nothing about software, datacenter admin, nor the world of advertising. I’m willing to extrapolate to believe that he knows little more than the veneer of science and technology that’s necessary to persuade others to finance him.

jprd 3y ago

Sigh. I'm tired.

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bellgrove 3y ago

Given his reputation, why would any software engineers want to work for one of his companies?