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another-masked-hero t1_j8nyb2o wrote

Reply to comment by kfractal in Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp

His knowledge is not the problem, he knows about batteries, electric cars, rockets. The problem is his intention when speaking and that of those quoting him. Whether it be to boost his ego, manipulate the market, insult others, I never read a quote from him trying to share an insight.

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n00bst4 t1_j8o6oxg wrote

Je doesn't know anything about all the topics you listed. Change my mind.

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marcololol t1_j8p4gus wrote

He literally knows nothing about these things. He’s not an engineer, does not have a PhD, and has done very little actual work during his career. Change my mind

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scienceAurora t1_j93xc1x wrote

No, you're right. It just pisses me off, though. You do not get to market yourself as the real-life Tony Stark and have no background in physics, yet people still see him as such.

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dietcheese t1_j8pl7f9 wrote

He was accepted to a PhD program at Stanford. He dropped out to start Zip2, which he sold for $300 million.

There are plenty of reasons to hate on Elon, but he’s no idiot.

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marcololol t1_j8pty4s wrote

This is nothing but a tech billionaire delusional story sold by the ethos of Silicon Valley and the opportunities presented by the early internet. You didn’t need exceptional talent, you merely needed the money and social capital and to literally be physically there. Musk was able to do this with the support of his mom

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sodiumbigolli t1_j8sjcoa wrote

Give the guy a break, he came here originally with nothing but pockets full of emeralds from his daddy’s apartheid mine.

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marcololol t1_j8ptrfx wrote

He was not. He would not be smart enough to achieve this. There is good reason to believe that he doesn't even have a physics degree.

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1593307541932474368?....

I’m a software engineer now and I know for a fact that early internet startups required literally only basic talents in order to succeed. Elon isn’t Bezos who was actually intelligent and insightful, nor is he Gates who was actually in a high level program. He’s a fraudster who got lucky at owning shares in PayPal (after he was fired and it blew up he cashed in)

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dietcheese t1_j8pwzu5 wrote

You're wrong.

"He applied and was admitted to Stanford’s graduate degree program in materials science and engineering."

https://fortune.com/longform/book-excerpt-paypal-founders-elon-musk-max-levchin/

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marcololol t1_j8pxohj wrote

So if he was admitted to Stanford and dropped out why does he claim degrees from other institutions? And why are those other claims lies?

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