Musk was working on his AI company while publicly calling for a pause on AI dev

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As is expected from such a shady character. He also spoke out against government subsidies after receiving billions in such subsidies [1].

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-list-government-su...

Lots of subsidies there that aren't

I would wish media wouldn't report any bullshit musk says. Who cares, he's just a weird rich guy with weird ambitions.

His main skills are tricking the public into reporting things about him.

Why do so many people hang on his every word. Pathetic.

He influences people, even C-level people, throughout Silicon Valley and outside, and other people are annoyed by bad influences in their industry that in some cases directly impact their jobs and well-being. Simple as that.

Musk is an authoritarian at heart. And, like all authoritarians, he is a total hypocrite.

I'm unreasonably proud to have immediately predicted this the moment he signed that petition. My pride only slightly diminished by the fact everyone else was also saying "he's signing this just to slow down the competition".

https://archive.is/ybp7i

I don't really see this as necessarily hypocritical. He called for a change (with a bunch of others), but continued with the current way of doing things for the time being.

This is how the vast majority of us operate, because often a change only makes sense if it is coordinated.

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