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Elon Musk gets his AI ideas from whatever sci-fi movie he saw last (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] self@awful.systems 60 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

I love Blade Runner, but I don’t know if we want that future. I believe we want that duster he’s wearing, but not the, uh, not the bleak apocalypse.

there’s nothing more painful than when capitalists think they understand cyberpunk

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk is when cool coat*

*said coat is a trench coat, not a duster

[–] self@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

…huh, you’re right (for the movie — the shitty AI image is a bad amalgamation of a trench coat and something like the shoulders of a duster). maybe the fucker was thinking of fallout or some shit.

and now I’ve convinced myself to go dig up my duster

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This wasn’t from a place of knowledge. I made a social read. Musk is absolutely the type to call a trilby a fedora and feel smug about it; I extrapolated from that.

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