I think two things are true, the government needs to cut expenses drastically and also that Elon should spend way more time at Tesla and spacex.
I didn’t buy my truck because of Elon, I bought it because I needed a truck and all the other truck manufacturers are completely brain dead when it comes to software.
I definitely wish Elon would shut up often, but he’s clearly not a nazi. That’s all nonsense.
His work at doge has been underwhelming so far, I had higher hopes. But it seems like most would rather have the status quo of major deficit spending and debt. Overall I would prefer drastic reduction in spending and waste with an actual plan and less chaos.
None of what Elon does makes me regret my car purchase. Why in the world would I make a personal decision like a car based on some billionaire I’ll never meet? I didn’t buy the truck as any kind of virtue signal. I bought it because I like it despite how dumb and crazy it looks.
Musk: homeless are "violent drug zombies with eyes devoid of life"[2]
Musk: people making use of federal programs are part of "parasite class"[3]
Musk: testifying against the president is "treason" and the witness should be executed[4]
Musk: the AfD is great, Hitler was a communist[5], and public sector employees caused the Holocaust[6]
Musk: racist staffers are more than welcome in DOGE[7]
Musk: George Floyd's killer ought to be pardoned[8]
Musk: empathy is causing the destruction of Western civilization[9]
Musk: doxxing for me[10], but not for thee[11]
Musk: war veteran who visited Ukraine is a "traitor"[12]
I mean, if this was just some idiot schlub ranting on social media, perhaps I'd consider buying their products if it was a life or death situation. But this guy sits next to the president of the United States and evidently has the power to enact his fucked up policies. Personally, I see any action that gives him an iota of additional power as deeply unethical.
Tesla was the only EV that was somewhat affordable and the supercharger network was really good.
In 2025 in my own country the Netherlands several Chinese companies have entered the market and there are non Tesla supercharger stations.
We are now in the "tough competition" stage.
"Tesla was the only EV that was somewhat affordable"
I don't think this is true. For example the Nissan Leaf has always been more affordable. But the range of the first Leaf models was very low. Tesla was the first EV company that offered a range comparible to ICE cars.
I use CNC machines and know how powerful stepper and servo motors are. You can ask yourself what will happen if your motor driver is controlled by an AI hallucination...
As I understand 'reasoning' is a very misleading term. As far as I can tell, AI reasoning is a step to evaluate the chosen probabilities. So maybe you will get less hallucinations but it still doesn't make AI smart.
Yeah, "reasoning" just tells the AI to take an extra planning step.
In my experience, before "reasoning" became an option, if you ask it a question that takes a decent amount of thinking to solve, but also tell the model "Just give me the answer", you're FAR more likely to get an incorrect answer.
So "reasoning" just tells the model to first come up with a plan to solve a problem before actually solving it. It generates its own context for coming up with a more complete solution.
"Planning" would be a more accurate term for what LLMs are doing.
I never understood why people think Musk is some kind of genius man.
He absolutely is a very good salesman and marketeer but that's about it. Everything he sold that was successful was created by others. The moment he starts to interfere things go wrong. The Cybertruck is a great example.
It is also known that people at SpaceX hate it when he is around telling people what to do because most of it doesn't make sense.
Now he is in politics it becomes clear to a lot of people who he really is. A greedy salesman.
> It is also known that people at SpaceX hate it when he is around telling people what to do because most of it doesn't make sense.
Sounds like he does a bit of Seagull Management[1]. Worked with a founder like this once. Everyone dreaded seeing him around the office, because that meant everyone's work was going to get upended and/or canceled, and we'd be working on something totally different once he articulated his latest fever dream to the engineering team. Then, once the place was in chaos, he'd get in his plane and fly off somewhere until he stopped by again to upend everything.
Not to defend Jobs’ behavior, but it’s hard to deny that he had good taste, clear vision, and immaculate presentation skills. He also showed signs of self-reflection and empathy in his later years. (Musk could never deliver the same kind of college commencement address as him, for example.)
Canada cancelled a $100M Starlink deal. So $22B also seems like an extreme amount.
Other news sites say Slim was willing to invest 22B in better communications. So maybe Starlink was a part of this investment but I have a hard time believing Musk lost a $22B deal.
Maybe it is very useful for the movie industry or something.