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So the guy that spent half a year taking away lifesaving aid from starving people now says money is no big deal? Then why spend so much time cutting welfare programs?
That's not even starting on the fact that current AI and robots are nowhere near the full automation level for the vast majority of necessary work.
Listening to this is as useful as listening a random person yap about the conspiracy theories they believe in. There is no new useful information to be gained. Only there's a difference. When it's a random person, at the worst case, they talk about them to try to convince you of said theories, for their own pleasure of convincing themselves that they are right. When it's a billionaire like this one, at the worst case, they try to persuade everyone and their mother that what they are saying is, not just reasonable, but the absolute truth, and their PR team probably came up with it as a way to make people as likely as possible to hold billionaires accountable for the horrible shit they do. Which means that, in that supposed worst case, which would, mind you, be the most effective way for the billionaire to keep doing business as usual without interruptions, what the billionaire is saying is just a diversion tactic.
TLDR: Please stop focusing so much on what the billionaire says. They probably don't really believe in what they're saying. Please focus instead in the billionaire's actions, because that's what they probably don't want you to do.
So we are getting that UBI, right? Right?
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This grifter is still saying shit and people are still believing it? Doomed fascist culture.
He's gotta get a trillion dollars no matter what, but believe him when he said it will totally be irrelevant.
But somehow his money will still be extremely relevant.
The billionaires are not going to save us from the billionaires. If we get AGI they absolutely won't roll it out to the masses, they'll keep it a secret and just use it within their own businesses.
only for the billionaires who own the AI though.
hes probably trying to get that 1trillion just to prop up his XAI company, it must losing tons of money from operating datacenters.
Will even Elons money be irrelevant?
So communism? I assume the richest man in the world has no interest in the money going worthless. Only talk promising impossible things to leave the AI bubble alive
Oh, no, no, feudalism. With the present techbro billionaires as the new aristocracy. Money will be useless because the serfs can’t afford anything anyway and work will be optional yes, you always have the option to starve.
Nobody with all the money is going to willingly make money irrelevant, unless they can preserve their power in some other fashion.
They hoard bullets, water, guzzolene, and mother's milk
elon is a junkie.
If that is true, then why demand obscene payment packages?
But, but, it's worth nothing!!
It's possible, but not with jackasses like Elon in charge.
It's not possible because the people who have the power to make that happen would never let it happen. I don't care who they are.
"Societal and technological advancements need to go hand in hand"
I think computers are a good [current] example of when tech got ahead of society. Especially the Internet but moreso the ability to make complex systems that don't require as much direct human interaction.
Yeah, take the delusional nazi drug addict's word for it!
He makes Nazis look bad.
“It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, but some people still do it because they like growing vegetables,” Musk added.
The world’s richest man, ladies and gentlemen.
Having a backyard or any space to grow plants is a privilege many don't have, besides the fact that vegetables don't like extreme climates
Then just do it in your greenhouse. If you don't have one, ask your help to build one.
That is so right up there with some of the scummiest things CEOs have ever said.
The Heinz CEO tells us to "get used to it" about inflation.
And then Nestle over there, saying about how water is not a human right.
These rich fuckheads totally operate on a different world than our own.
Says man trying to set a new record for person with the most of it...
I'm pretty sure he already is the richest man on the planet
He wants to be the first trillionaire. Current richest person is a much less lasting title. He was bumped from that position briefly by the Oracle guy like a month ago.
Elon Musk is a fucking idiot.
Yeah, where’s this headline?
Excellent. I'll text you my IBAN so you can transfer me some of your irrelevant money.
This guy was going to put a man on Mars by 2015 and make the hyperloop the next big thing; with the latter, he prevented investment in trains in the USA. After hearing this, I can only recommend that you join a union; you're going to need it.
the hyperloop was twofold, it delayed californias fast rail long enough for trump and ELAINE chao to block the funding.
That's only because money is already irrelevant to him.
People have been talking about "post scarcity" since forever.
Yes, in the far distant future people will be able to have things they need and not have to work. AI will also exist in that future.
However, I don't think anyone believes that future will arrive in the next decade.
The future is already here. It's just unevenly distributed.
"The Future is Now!"
also:
"We went too far."
The issue is that, UBI is a contested subject. It is the answer to what's happening with automation.
And nobody is touching it but lets continue giving these few people all the money in the world and little leftover for everyone to fight over.
If money is going to be irrelevant, then he should give his all away right now. Get ahead of that curve.
We need a New New Deal to get anywhere near that. First we're going to experience mass unemployment for about a year. Then after people have been severely pissed off with no opportunities for a couple months, then things will actually start changing.
The last guy we want promoting good things. He will curse them with his waxy Elder Things notions.
What a dumbass.
Bet
He probably means for anyone with at least 100 million in wealth. Everyone else just doesn't matter to him.
Pure genius from the almighty himself! I'll quit my job now while I'm ahead (not on my mortgage). /s
