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Comment by aczerepinski

16 days ago

My honest suspicion is that Musk will focus more and more on AI (and less on space) because he sees it as a path towards his immortality. I expect AI models trained on him combined with millions or billions spent lobbying to allow an AI to own and direct a company. I know this sounds like poorly written sci-fi but I will be only disappointed - not surprised - if post death AI Elon is the richest entity on earth.

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scottyah  16 days ago

AI + Optimus + desire to explore the universe is such a cool concept. I think he'd love to send his consciousness out after all this bickering on earth.

Honestly, the more that we get humans away from squabbling over the same patch of desert the better off we'd probably be. Everyone seems to think they can spend money better than everyone else.

  • esikich  16 days ago

    Absolutely unhinged take. Most people just want healthcare, affordable groceries, and a vacation dude. I think Musk has a better chance of being guillotined in the next 20 years than he does sending his consciousness into space.

    • scottyah  16 days ago

      That'll be true of anyone no matter how much money they have, there's a reason those lines are being sold for votes. There's no end to them and people will always want more, it's not a true goal to work for. Somehow enough people don't understand basic economics enough that they really think taking Elon's "money" (estimated net worth with a million asterisks) will change any of the above for everyone.