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I don't care about his stance on politics or anything, but I do consider his twitter crap a waste of his time at the cost of humanity as a whole. If he would fo

I don't care about his stance on politics or anything, but I do consider his twitter crap a waste of his time at the cost of humanity as a whole. If he would focus on spacex (I don't care too much about tesla) and its spin-offs, the world would get better, faster. Even better would be more people like him, then it doesn't matter; we just don't have many for some reason.

rapsey 3y ago
Doubtful that they could move faster with him taking a more active role. Starship could have launched months before, but they have been waiting for FAA approval. It is not Elon's lack of attention holding them back.
- anonzzzies 3y ago
  Sure, but he could be doing more spin-offs like Starlink. During the waiting. Instead of what he is doing with Twitter.
  - rapsey 3y ago
    He seems to be focusing on AI moreso than Twitter.
    - hef19898 3y ago
      One cannot be missing the latest hype train, right?
      - rapsey 3y ago
        Elon was literally a founder of OpenAI. Private space, EV, AI. Three major tech industries with him at the forefront from the beginning. Calling him a hype chaser is simply wrong.
        hef19898 3y ago
        Private space is basically SpaceX launches for governments and space agencies, the "private" stuff comes from in-house demand for Starlink. In case of EVs, he had to sue to get the title of founder at Tesla. And for OpenAI, wasn't he just an early investor? Or do we assume he wrote ChatGPT code himself now?
        rapsey 3y ago
        Life is too short to seek a rational discussion with people who have no interest in one.
        hef19898 3y ago
        Well, we found common ground then.
- thinkcontext 3y ago
  FAA approval took a long time because of how reckless he was with the first launch. He didn't want to bother with a flame suppression system but knew it was a risk.
  - rapsey 3y ago
    Bullcrap. They literally had to do shit like this to please them: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Foqukgfw2e10c1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1098%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Db2fafaf497467f27be8152ac516d6108f2052fe5 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
    - barbacoa 3y ago
      Back story as explained by Elon in an interview with Lex Friedman: The government's environmental assessment was bonkers. They were required to do things like assess the risk of a booster landing on a shark or whale in the middle of the ocean. They were also required to assess if the sound of the rocket would harm the breeding behavior of the seal population. To do this they had to chase down a seal, strap it down to a board with headphones and study if the sound of rocket engine were emotionally distressing to the animal.
    - thinkcontext 3y ago
      If they had flame suppression its likely they would not have triggered the additional review.
      - rapsey 3y ago
        How much flame suppression is there in here: https://www.faa.gov/media/27236 https://www.faa.gov/media/27236
- mavhc 3y ago
  SpaceX has still been fixing Starship this week, it's unlikely they could have launched months before
  - rapsey 3y ago
    Or would have launched, learned something new and would have been working on a third iteration already.
    - mavhc 3y ago
      And they're fixing it again today
sgu999 3y ago
> we just don't have many for some reason. If you're referring to futurists and visionaries, we do have many I'm sure, but most weren't lucky enough to stumble across a pile of cash they could convert into an infinite pile of cash. Musk still has a fairly problematic views on sustainability, I'd rather have more powerful people who are convinced that public transports, healthcare and education are essential to our prosperity.
- anonzzzies 3y ago
  >If you're referring to futurists and visionaries We have theoretical people enough; I mean people who execute. It's not just a pile of cash, it's also going for it. There is plenty of cash around. > I'd rather have more powerful people who are convinced that public transports, healthcare and education Yes, we need that too. Improve current life, improve future life.
harryvederci 3y ago
He's using Twitter / X to support his Grok AI. > A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the 𝕏 platform. Source: https://x.ai https://x.ai So I guess Tesla will collect all kinds of information from the streets, Starlink will collect (earth and space) information using satellites, and X will collect real-time information about what people are currently talking about. I think OpenAI may not be the biggest player in AI soon.
- anonzzzies 3y ago
  We need more players, but if you want and weird edgy lying polarised AI, then I suggest you train it on Twitter/X in realtime. I cannot see how it will not be completely unhinged like that. But let's see; we need more players to push boundaries and push prices down. Not sure if Musk is that, but who knows.
- zigman1 3y ago
  > and X will collect real-time information about what people are currently talking about I really well hope this won't happen. I don't want any observations or conclusions from the environment that is predominantly shitposting, thirst trapping and provoking.

rapsey 3y ago

Doubtful that they could move faster with him taking a more active role. Starship could have launched months before, but they have been waiting for FAA approval. It is not Elon's lack of attention holding them back.

anonzzzies 3y ago
Sure, but he could be doing more spin-offs like Starlink. During the waiting. Instead of what he is doing with Twitter.
- rapsey 3y ago
  He seems to be focusing on AI moreso than Twitter.
  - hef19898 3y ago
    One cannot be missing the latest hype train, right?
    - rapsey 3y ago
      Elon was literally a founder of OpenAI. Private space, EV, AI. Three major tech industries with him at the forefront from the beginning. Calling him a hype chaser is simply wrong.
      - hef19898 3y ago
        Private space is basically SpaceX launches for governments and space agencies, the "private" stuff comes from in-house demand for Starlink. In case of EVs, he had to sue to get the title of founder at Tesla. And for OpenAI, wasn't he just an early investor? Or do we assume he wrote ChatGPT code himself now?
        rapsey 3y ago
        Life is too short to seek a rational discussion with people who have no interest in one.
        hef19898 3y ago
        Well, we found common ground then.
thinkcontext 3y ago
FAA approval took a long time because of how reckless he was with the first launch. He didn't want to bother with a flame suppression system but knew it was a risk.
- rapsey 3y ago
  Bullcrap. They literally had to do shit like this to please them: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Foqukgfw2e10c1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1098%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Db2fafaf497467f27be8152ac516d6108f2052fe5 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
  - barbacoa 3y ago
    Back story as explained by Elon in an interview with Lex Friedman: The government's environmental assessment was bonkers. They were required to do things like assess the risk of a booster landing on a shark or whale in the middle of the ocean. They were also required to assess if the sound of the rocket would harm the breeding behavior of the seal population. To do this they had to chase down a seal, strap it down to a board with headphones and study if the sound of rocket engine were emotionally distressing to the animal.
  - thinkcontext 3y ago
    If they had flame suppression its likely they would not have triggered the additional review.
    - rapsey 3y ago
      How much flame suppression is there in here: https://www.faa.gov/media/27236 https://www.faa.gov/media/27236
mavhc 3y ago
SpaceX has still been fixing Starship this week, it's unlikely they could have launched months before
- rapsey 3y ago
  Or would have launched, learned something new and would have been working on a third iteration already.
  - mavhc 3y ago
    And they're fixing it again today

sgu999 3y ago

> we just don't have many for some reason. If you're referring to futurists and visionaries, we do have many I'm sure, but most weren't lucky enough to stumble across a pile of cash they could convert into an infinite pile of cash. Musk still has a fairly problematic views on sustainability, I'd rather have more powerful people who are convinced that public transports, healthcare and education are essential to our prosperity.

anonzzzies 3y ago
>If you're referring to futurists and visionaries We have theoretical people enough; I mean people who execute. It's not just a pile of cash, it's also going for it. There is plenty of cash around. > I'd rather have more powerful people who are convinced that public transports, healthcare and education Yes, we need that too. Improve current life, improve future life.

harryvederci 3y ago

He's using Twitter / X to support his Grok AI. > A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the 𝕏 platform. Source: https://x.ai https://x.ai So I guess Tesla will collect all kinds of information from the streets, Starlink will collect (earth and space) information using satellites, and X will collect real-time information about what people are currently talking about. I think OpenAI may not be the biggest player in AI soon.

anonzzzies 3y ago
We need more players, but if you want and weird edgy lying polarised AI, then I suggest you train it on Twitter/X in realtime. I cannot see how it will not be completely unhinged like that. But let's see; we need more players to push boundaries and push prices down. Not sure if Musk is that, but who knows.
zigman1 3y ago
> and X will collect real-time information about what people are currently talking about I really well hope this won't happen. I don't want any observations or conclusions from the environment that is predominantly shitposting, thirst trapping and provoking.