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I've never seen the motivation behind buying Twitter to have been revenue, or free speech for that matter. Elon wanted a unique content source to train LLMs on

I've never seen the motivation behind buying Twitter to have been revenue, or free speech for that matter. Elon wanted a unique content source to train LLMs on and he got it. Whether that proves out as a good training dataset is still up in the air, but I can't imagine he cared about Twitter revenue.

sreekanth67 8mo ago
This is not even intended for the LLM training use case. it is an afterthought use case. He installed a president who he can use. Twitter acquisition helped him achieve this.
- _heimdall 8mo ago
  Oh I don't think Trump needed Elon buying Twitter to win his second term. The Democrats basically handed it to him with the whole Biden/Harris fiasco.
  - platevoltage 8mo ago
    If by that you mean their unrelenting support for Israel, then yes, That was the reason.
    - _heimdall 8mo ago
      Oh sorry, no I meant them shoving Biden into the candidacy despite clear health issues, shutting down any primary challenge, and swapping Harris in late in the game when it was abundantly clear Biden's health was a problem.
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