john12ax7
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Elon strikes me as the smartest guy in any room he is in...
The people I know who have been in the room with him don't seem to share that opinion.
Elon strikes me as the smartest guy in any room he is in...
I saw this video recently. But I'm sure if Cadence decides to implement something similar it will work more reliably. Or their marketing department is just playing buzzword bingo.Cadence just announced its latest PCB layout package with AI routing. Claims to improve PCB turnaround by 10 times.
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Ian
Elon strikes me as the smartest guy in any room he is in... He is probably wise to advise caution about unfettered AI, he is also smart enough to capitalize upon using the technology himself.
It is probably not a coincidence that Twitter parent "X corp" is also based in Nevada. If his new X.AI is learning from twitter's data stream, that could be interesting.
he is surely smarter than me... Opinions vary but purchasing twitter was not his wisest move.Then why is he running Twitter into the ground, haphazard shadow banning anything he doesn't like?
many people are resisting paying for services.Current active Twitter users: between 100.000 and 200.000 people who post at least once a month. And that number is dwindling.
Commercial bots are estimated to at least 1.000.000. Political bots even more. Nothing has been done, as the commercial bots belong to advertisers.
I would not expect a friendly response from somebody who was fired.I've heard from someone who was fired, the moderation team is so small now they can hardly handle mail, let alone what nefarious bots are doing.
He says he was squeezed out. He recognized the risk from AI day one, and that position was not appreciated by the other investors.I don't think Twitter's data stream is even useful for AI. Far tto much noise and little signal. Reddit is worse and someone already has an AI that behaves like 4chan...
Besides, if he's so smart, why did he retract from Open AI in the first place? In need of money?
he has made more mistakes than people who do nothing but criticize, but he has done some remarkable stuff also.That was a monumental mistake.
References?Then why is he running Twitter into the ground, haphazard shadow banning anything he doesn't like?
He admitted in a recent interview that he wasn't sure he could make it financially viable. When asked if he regretted buying it said he didn't. Uncovering the collaboration between big tech and gov was important enough to offset the cost.Current active Twitter users: between 100.000 and 200.000 people who post at least once a month. And that number is dwindling.
In the same interview Musk stated that they'd drastically reduced bots and fake account bad actors. Where does your "estimate" originate?Commercial bots are estimated to at least 1.000.000. Political bots even more. Nothing has been done, as the commercial bots belong to advertisers.
That contradicts what Musk said about the current employee headcount and operational efficiency/capability at Twitter.I've heard from someone who was fired, the moderation team is so small now they can hardly handle mail, let alone what nefarious bots are doing.
You could say the same of much internet traffic as a whole. There's still some wheat amongst the chaff.I don't think Twitter's data stream is even useful for AI. Far tto much noise and little signal. Reddit is worse and someone already has an AI that behaves like 4chan...
That was also asked in the interview. He regrets "taking his eye off the ball" with OpenAI, but also related the story of how, and more importantly, why, he founded OpenAI in the first place. This then led into why he's trying to get back into AI development again and to what end.Besides, if he's so smart, why did he retract from Open AI in the first place? In need of money?
And, unlike most tech entrepreneurs, he openly admits these failures and mistakes.That was a monumental mistake.
The organization was co-founded by Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman in 2015; originally co-chaired by Sam Altman and Elon Musk; and funded by Sutskever, Brockman, Altman, and Musk, along with Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Wojciech Zaremba, Peter Thiel and others,
And yes, he's still selling the fairytale that he's one of the founders...
Read your wikipedia link more carefully. He's listed as one of the founders. Founders can also bring initial capital investment which likely several did. I never said he was the sole founder. In his relation of the story he and one other person were the ones who wanted to do "safe AI" after he had a conversation with Larry Page who stated he wanted to create an AI god or somesuch and was not concerned about consequences.Musk didn't start OpenAI. He was just one of the investors.
Never heard about it. Given the deeply sinister crap the company was doing before I wouldn't trust anything from its former "leaders" who clearly lied about all kinds of things in the recent past.From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI#History
The info came from one of the former Twitter directors. He tweeted it, to have his account immediately ghost-banned. As if he wouldn't notice. So much for openness.
Of what? OpenAI? See above.And yes, he's still selling the fairytale that he's one of the founders..
It's a privately held company. Where's the source of this info? Also, operations seem to be running despite rumors to the contrary. I worked in Silicon Valley from 1993-2021 and lived through several boom-bust cycles. I've worked for a few grossly inefficient companies with huge excess staff. One place folded, others were acquired (one fire sale) followed by mass layoffs, and one is still floundering while burning huge amounts of $$$ on stuff that won't payoff. There are plenty of egos in SV at all levels. Musk is far more successful than most.He also likes to lie about headcount: it's currently around 1.500 people, but Musk tells interviewers Twitter has a 2.300 headcount. And less than 550 are engineers. Nearly all the engineers in security and coding are gone. And most of the contractors don't feel like working for egomaniac Musk.
Yes, Twitter was horribly inefficient before he bought it. He made it better.Do a bit of research and you'll see what's happening. Unless there's an injection of capital Twitter will be gone by the end of next year.
Have a look here:
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-revenue-per-employee-collapsed-before-musk-takeover-2023-4
According to some derivative measure by an anti free speech Google. Time will tell. It's his money and his company now whether you like it or not.And this the biggest problem:
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-sign-up-searches-plunged-81-since-elon-musk-takeover-2023-4
No new users...
A flat tax would solve a lot of problems and reduce the need for audits, etc. allowing the IRS to shrink rather than grow. But there's a huge industry dependent on keeping taxes complicated, so good luck.It seems AI might be a better solution for the IRS instead of 87k new agents. Reportedly the IRS technology is archaic.
JR
if anything they want to make it even more progressive....A flat tax would solve a lot of problems and reduce the need for audits, etc. allowing the IRS to shrink rather than grow. But there's a huge industry dependent on keeping taxes complicated, so good luck.
You can't fix stupid, apparently.if anything they want to make it even more progressive....
It would only be fair if we can use AI to do our taxes to start with.Using AI instead of hiring new human agents is at least possible. AI would probably be more competent.
He seems to have a more functional moral compass than many (e.g., Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Brin and Page, Vidjaya Gadde, Zuckerberg, etc.). Where would Tesla be if he hadn't taken control? Note: I'm no fan of Tesla.Much like with Tesla. Musk is what happens when above average intelligence combines with an extreme grandiose sense of self and no moral compass.
Sure, but it takes a lot more than that to succeed in multiple tech domains like he has, from cryptography and SW at PayPal to battery, electric motor, controls, advanced SW, and mass production at Tesla to rockets, fuels, and more advanced SW at SpaceX (where he's undercut NASA launch costs by at least an order of magnitude and taken other competitors' business as well). He's not just some well-connected financier or VC asshat.You can go quite far in business and finance with this.
Sounds like sour grapes with a tinge of envy or jealousy. Have you or your "friends in the room" with Musk built any companies comparable to SpaceX? Even PayPal?As Munger says "Don't underestimate the man who overestimates himself". But extreme financial success is not the same as extreme intelligence.
not only can't you fix it, we can't escape it.You can't fix stupid, apparently.
Turbo tax is getting pretty close.... (first year I declared that I am "retired" ).It would only be fair if we can use AI to do our taxes to start with.
Besides, if he's so smart, why did he retract from Open AI in the first place?
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