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Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by Aeolun »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #529
ak_111 wrote: post #458

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He single handedly also vindicated one of the most authoritarian regimes - China - in how it slapped Jack Ma as soon as he started entering politics and gaining influence beyond tech entrepreneurship.

I can’t agree that his bad behaviour vindicates other bad behaviour. Checks and balances would be a far better solution than what was done to Ma. We should never consider a state manipulating politics so forcefully to be vindicated because someone seeks to exploit the state. It vindicates the very systems Musk seeks to destroy, showing the USA needs strong and more assertive checks and balances. I think I see what yo…

Two different flavors of bad do not make one of them good.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by Aeolun »

itsoktocry wrote: post #238
elaus wrote: post #194

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Reading the other comments in this Twitter thread it seems like it's gotten much worse than in the years before. It's seems so much more political and radicalized now.

> It's seems so much more political and radicalized now. It's more politicized.. now ? More politicized than when literal politicians and three letter agencies were determining what should and shouldn't trend? How can anyone say that?

I mean, non-conservative opinions are pretty bland. The apparent MAGA strategy of burning it all down, well…

I’ll say it’s very, very noticable.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by pipes »

margalabargala wrote: post #288
dustingetz wrote: post #227

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was looking for a musk margin call in 2023, no such luck, now he’s VP and markets are still fake

We'll see. After throwing out a few Nazi salutes, Tesla sales have been tanking in Europe.

Or the press pretending that it was a nazi salute, outrage sells.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by Aeolun »

tqi wrote: post #169
minimaxir wrote: post #61

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Elon's response: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889062013109703009 > Swindler In another tweet chain: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1889063777792069911 > Scam Altman

I absolutely hate how much CEOs acting like children / influencers has become the norm. Maybe they were always like this, and twitter has just given us a window into it, but I for one would wholeheartedly welcome a return to "respectability" norms for business and civic leaders.

I think it’s because the country has had its education so far degraded that messaging needs to stay at that level…

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by MagnumOpus »

pipes wrote: post #823
margalabargala wrote: post #288

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We'll see. After throwing out a few Nazi salutes, Tesla sales have been tanking in Europe.

Or the press pretending that it was a nazi salute, outrage sells.

Everyone who saw the speech, saw the three (!) Heil Hitlers and the ensuing smirk that said “whatcha gonna do, suckers?”.

Pretending at equivocating just to troll will tank your own credibility.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by bpye »

tombert wrote: post #280
entropicdrifter wrote: post #101

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Hardly Musk's first attempt at blatant market manipulation. Hell, that was how he got stuck holding the bag with Twitter

And in trouble with the SEC by claiming someone he was going to take Tesla private.

It seems unlikely that he'll get in any trouble with the SEC this time around.

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Post by throwawayffffas »

SergeAx wrote: post #645
throwawayffffas wrote: post #546

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Well now that the Donald is running the US and is about to cut subsidies for electric vehicles, add tariffs to aluminum and steel, now maybe the markets may see the light, I am not holding my breath though.

Steel and aluminum tariffs will hit all car manufacturers simultaneously.

If all cars are more expensive, and all manufacturers have lower margins Tesla will have lower margins too. For the stock price the competition won't be other car manufacturers but other industries.

It would be a "subsiding tide lowers all boats" kind of thing.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

pipes wrote: post #823
margalabargala wrote: post #288

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We'll see. After throwing out a few Nazi salutes, Tesla sales have been tanking in Europe.

Or the press pretending that it was a nazi salute, outrage sells.

If it was standalone event you could perhaps argue it was accidental. But the fact that he is supporting Afd who had done similar things in the past where they run a campaign, and make nazi symbolism in such a way that it would be barely legal, but at the same time obvious to everyone what they are referring to, it is pretty damning.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by 6stringronin »

pipes wrote: post #823
margalabargala wrote: post #288

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We'll see. After throwing out a few Nazi salutes, Tesla sales have been tanking in Europe.

Or the press pretending that it was a nazi salute, outrage sells.

I'm curious if you know what a Nazi salute looks like? Make a comparison by looking it up, he does the salute twice.

Of course you can argue in bad faith because it costs you nothing to be wrong but does that imply you are promoting this behavior? Seems like the obvious implication

The media is outraged because a duck quacks like a duck

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