• Igloojoe@lemm.ee
      1104·
      6 months ago

      Correct! He sued his way into being called a founder.

      I cant say I know what this shithead has contributed to society if anything but a place for toXicity to grow.

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        94·
        6 months ago

        We don’t have to do this. Not everything is black and white. Tesla would not be where it is today without his intervention. I expect SpaceX wouldn’t either.

        He’s also a Nazi enabler and promoter.

        A person can do both good and bad.

  • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nl
    1132·
    6 months ago

    The absolute beauty of this: readers adding context without denying the actual content of the message. Glorious.

    • balderdash@lemmy.zip
      192·
      6 months ago

      Remember in grammar school when your teacher told you that Wikipedia is not a valid source? I’m sure they’re saying the same thing about AI right now.

      • uzay@infosec.pub
        26·
        6 months ago

        The difference being that on wikipedia you could use the sources on there while AI makes those up as well

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          61·
          6 months ago

          A more important reason is teachers let you use Wikipedia sources, while even valid ai content is “not your work”

          • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
            12·
            6 months ago

            I remember an AI that wrote a legal motion and justified its arguments by citing cases it made up.

            • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
              43·
              6 months ago

              I mean, of course. For the record, that wasn’t the type that cites its sources intrinsically as part of its response creation process, although it wouldn’t be immune to hallucinations even if it was.

      • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
        6·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, and I have to practice mental arithmetic because I won’t always have a calculator in my pocket.

        • 4am@lemm.ee
          9·
          6 months ago

          I mean if all the screenshots people take with their battery in the corner at 1% is any indication, you won’t always have one lol

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
      16·
      6 months ago

      I saw a presentation from one of them about the founding of Tesla, impressive stuff. Elon just takes their talking points, that’s why he can’t deviate far from a couple points.

    • Ohi@lemmy.world
      15·
      6 months ago

      No doubt he’s a egotistical dick, but to say the world would be a better place without him is categorically false on many grounds.

      • The man popularized electric vehicles like no car manufacturers have ever been able to do.
      • SpaceX’s achievement in reducing the cost per pound and reusable rocket tech will have profound implications on our species survival over the long run.
      • Starlink coverage now provides relatively affordable internet to far more remote areas of the world.

      So while I think recent years of criticism is fair based on his behavior (why the hell is he wasting precious time on Twitter again?) to say the world would be better off without him is to overlook the substantial contributions he has made towards technological advancement and global connectivity. It’s important to separate the individual’s personal flaws from the broader value of their work. Just my 2 cents.

      • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        Yay, electric vehicles are popular! Only bring loads of issues, cost a lot of rare earth metals which are mined by slaves and children, run on fossil fuel electricity (many coal plants and bio gas which are burned forests) and they are too heavy for the roads we have and electricity network, causing both to require many more replacements and maintenance, which costs loads of co2 emissions.

        SpaceX is awesome! Costs less materials, so much easier to launch way more rockets into the sky! Like for starlink for example. Luckily the fuel used for it has zero emissions /s

        But starlink is nice. Loads of space junk and coverage in most places is where already a different and faster network is, but it’s nice to have connectivity in hard to reach places. But is it worth all the emissions and space junk? And child labor for all the rare earth metals?

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
    352·
    6 months ago

    I’m sure there’s a deadman’s switch on all the Teslas, Neuralinks and SpaceX/Starlink so we’d all know for sure he was dead.

    If we live that long.

  • K7d@r.nfEnglish
    194·
    6 months ago

    Unfortunately, we just aren’t that lucky…

  • Cosmicomical@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 months ago

    When I become billionaire I also want to buy a company and become its founder. Wait, that’s not how it works