Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters

Post by rrr_oh_man » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC

Retr0id wrote: post #121

_fizz_buzz_ wrote: post #110

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Shouldn’t it be possible for AI to filter out that a request is made to portray a real person? That seems almost like a trivial task for a good model. I am sure every now and then something will slip through, but I bet one could make it very close to 100% effective.

I can see how it'd be trivial to block known celebrities, but how do you handle everyone else?

Post by 47282847 » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC

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Ethically, if you do not agree with the company you work at, the optimal course of action if you can stomach it is to stay and do a bad job rather than get replaced by someone who might do a good job. I have been in such a situation before, and while I was not able to coast along until the company went under, the time delta between me getting fired and the company going under was measured in weeks. In hindsight I'd p…

> Ethically, if you do not agree with the company you work at, the optimal course of action if you can stomach it is to stay and do a bad job rather than get replaced by someone who might do a good job. What...? In what way is it anything other than highly unethical to sabotage someone you have a contract with, because you disagree with them?

Post by Valodim » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC

jesterson wrote: post #541

jarrettcoggin wrote: post #273

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From my time at Tesla, this is 100% the case. When Elon asked for something, it was “drop what you are doing and deliver it”, then you got pressed to still deliver the thing you were already working on against the original timeline before the interrupt.

I wonder why this is surprising. In other type of organizations when CEO demands something everyone is usually behaves like naah, screw it, i rather do what i like, isn't it? Or everyone yells yes sir and runs around? You may not like Elon - I got it, but let's not pretend he is running xAI/Tesal substantially different from competitors.

Post by itomato » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:49 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #606

antonvs wrote: post #318

dang wrote: > You may not owe you-know-whom better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it. This is like telling a country that’s being invaded that they can only respond with strongly worded letters when their enemy is dropping tactical nukes on them. But hey, Paul Graham and cronies benefit from the status quo as much as any other billionaire, so let’s not rock the boat, right? The word “co…

It's nothing like that. We're just trying to have an internet forum that manages to stay slightly more interesting than internet mean. Or, if you like, that doesn't burn itself to a crisp and turn into scorched earth. It is rather a modest goal. I think there is a place for such a website, and I believe most HN readers do too.

Post by general1465 » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

jesterson wrote: post #541

jarrettcoggin wrote: post #273

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From my time at Tesla, this is 100% the case. When Elon asked for something, it was “drop what you are doing and deliver it”, then you got pressed to still deliver the thing you were already working on against the original timeline before the interrupt.

I wonder why this is surprising. In other type of organizations when CEO demands something everyone is usually behaves like naah, screw it, i rather do what i like, isn't it? Or everyone yells yes sir and runs around? You may not like Elon - I got it, but let's not pretend he is running xAI/Tesal substantially different from competitors.