Re: Elon Musk

2023-09-25 Thread 'spudboy...@aol.com' via Everything List
of low-error, quantum computing + LLM's? Counter-opinions welcome.  On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 12:03:34 PM EDT, John Clark wrote: After reading Walter Isaacson's book my opinion of Elon Musk is conflicted. Musk is brilliant, incredibly hard-working, not afraid to take a risk

Elon Musk

2023-09-25 Thread John Clark
After reading Walter Isaacson's book my opinion of Elon Musk is conflicted. Musk is brilliant, incredibly hard-working, not afraid to take a risk and is willing to backtrack and admit it when he's wrong. Musk is impulsive, most of his impulses turned out to be correct but not all, he says

Elon Musk announced XAI - the answer to OpenAI?

2023-07-13 Thread John Clark
Today Elon Musk announced that he has an AI of his own and he intends it to compete with GPT-4 and Google which he says are too "woke". He calls it XAI. He says he wants the fundamental goal of the machine to be understanding reality because then it won't want to destroy us

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-28 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
things happen or don't happen? They work or they don't. -Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Nov 28, 2022 5:43 am Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was? On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 5:22 PM Dylan Distasio wrote: > I can underst

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-28 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 5:22 PM Dylan Distasio wrote: *> I can understand why you might be confused with the number of times the > demented in chief has misspoke, but even CNN admits he said he opposed > fracking in 2019 before muddying the waters further in later statements. * > It is well

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-27 Thread Dylan Distasio
I can understand why you might be confused with the number of times the demented in chief has misspoke, but even CNN admits he said he opposed fracking in 2019 before muddying the waters further in later statements. It's pretty clear what he has done to impact the industry in a very negative way

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-27 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 4:36 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: *> Joey opposed fracking* Nope. *> I expect De Santis to be nominated, run, and win,* If Ron DeSantis (Ron DeSanctimonious according to Trump) wins the Republican nomination there is no

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-27 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Sanders sound like Calvin Cooledge. Bernie who honeymooned in the old, CCCP 1980.  -Original Message- From: Alan Grayson To: Everything List Sent: Fri, Nov 25, 2022 9:36 pm Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was? You're a hopeless moron. Did you know that Trump

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-27 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 3:57 PM wrote: *> What specifically did you not agree with on Trump's polices? You accused > him of stuff which he hasn't been charged or convicted of yet. But I am > asking what of his policies and actions had you opposed?* > You keep asking the exact same question and

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-27 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
- From: John Clark To: spudboy...@aol.com Cc: everything-list@googlegroups.com ; agrayson2...@gmail.com Sent: Fri, Nov 25, 2022 8:31 pm Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was? On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 6:35 PM wrote: > You provide zero evidence, nor, do any of your fellow

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-26 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Friday, November 25, 2022 at 3:00:50 PM UTC-6 meeke...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On 11/25/2022 12:27 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Venus may work, but let us verify that it is a dead, hot, world first. Or, > as one astronomer called its surface: searing, black, calm. Lifeless. > > > You mean you

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-25 Thread Alan Grayson
You're a hopeless moron. Did you know that Trump filed 63 cases to overturn his defeat and had a partial victory in only one? Yet he still touts the Big Lie that he actually won in 2020. And while the crowd yelled to hang Mike Pence, Trump sat on his fat ass in the Oval Office and did nothing

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-25 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 6:35 PM wrote: *> You provide zero evidence, nor, do any of your fellow dem lawyers > successfully, prosecute the Donald for any crime.* > Zero evidence? Zero?! Even for you that's a pretty silly thing to say. *> You hated, fracking, or no support for solar??* > I

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-25 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
bility then produces the need to fund other projects.  That's about it for me and money & opinion.  Ate' Logo!  Spud, o Preguiçoso -Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: Everything List Sent: Fri, Nov 25, 2022 3:27 am Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-25 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Ruler of the Thousand Worlds! (Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson).  https://dunenovels.com/ -Original Message- From: John Clark To: spudboy...@aol.com Cc: everything-list@googlegroups.com ; agrayson2...@gmail.com Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2022 4:35 pm Subject: Re: Is El

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-25 Thread Brent Meeker
On 11/25/2022 12:27 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Venus may work, but let us verify that it is a dead, hot, world first. Or, as one astronomer called its surface: searing, black, calm. Lifeless. You mean you suspect there is life there? I know nothing about that... It's pretty certain that

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-25 Thread Telmo Menezes
upgrades, I look to material science, organic > & inorganic chemistry, tissue engineering, robotics. And, I could be > absolutely incorrect, and things could happen differently! > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Telmo Menezes > To: 'Brent Meeker'

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread Brent Meeker
Henry Ford built and raced his own car before founding Ford Motor Company and made innovations in the use of an assembly line for his cars.  Musk is just a front man for a company he bought controlling interest in.  I only know of one decision he made about the design of Tesla; namely that it

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread Alan Grayson
Brent; are you disputing my characterization of Musk as chief engineer? Can't Henry Ford also be considered a chief engineer even though, like Musk, he was CEO and financing the innovations in the production processes? AG On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 10:37:43 PM UTC-7 meeke...@gmail.com

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 11:26 AM wrote: *> First, you are using the archaic word, evil.* > I don't care how old it is and I'm not afraid of that word so I intend to keep using it. *> Why not accuse orange man of being unethical?* > Because I think euphemisms are cowardly, that's why I get

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
eye, a cost!!!  Back to this!  -Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Cc: agrayson2...@gmail.com Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2022 6:53 am Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was? On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 12:56 AM spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: >We need

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
s could happen differently! -Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2022 3:08 am Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was? #yiv3402399282 p.yiv3402399282MsoNormal, #yiv3402399282 p.yiv3402399282MsoNoSpacing{margin:

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 12:56 AM spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: *>We need to ask how come the US has issues with our voting practices when > the EU doesn't.* The short answer is the European Union never had the misfortune of running into somebody as

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-24 Thread Telmo Menezes
s, from Paypal, SpaceX, Tesla etc. The engineering of these were >>> done my other people, and Musk just had the money to become majority >>> shareholder. With respect to Twitter, I somewhat suspect he is >>> intentionally demolishing the company. >>> >>>

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
List Sent: Wed, Nov 23, 2022 10:37 pm Subject: Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was? SpaceX developed a rocket which lands softly after doing its job. For that reason he deserves credit as Chief Engineer. But the reinstatement of DT shows very poor judgement, given that about 30%

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Brent Meeker
On 11/23/2022 7:37 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: SpaceX developed a rocket which lands softly after doing its job. For that reason he deserves credit as Chief Engineer. That would be like Henry Ford calling himself "Chief Engineer". Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Alan Grayson
for Android >> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aol.mobile.aolapp> >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 3:50 PM, Lawrence Crowell >> wrote: >> >> [image: elon musk statement.png] >> >> On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 7:00:35 AM UTC-6 johnk...@g

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Lawrence Crowell
I got this off of FB as an account by an intern. LC On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 3:31:07 PM UTC-6 telmo wrote: > > > On 23. Nov 2022, at 22:22, John Clark wrote: > >  > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 3:51 PM Telmo Menezes > wrote: > > >> *> What is the source of this, can you say?* >> > >

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Brent Meeker
: Many had thought Elon Musk was some sort of transcendental genius and even I thought he must be a pretty smart cookie, but when I heard he was spending $44 billion to buy a company as silly as Twitter I felt it might be time to reconsider my judgment. Could

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Telmo Menezes
On 23. Nov 2022, at 22:22, John Clark wrote:On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 3:51 PM Telmo Menezes wrote:> What is the source of this, can you say?Huh? The man worked there and he's telling us what he saw. Who do you think was the source?  It’s a png, so I figured it could be

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 3:51 PM Telmo Menezes wrote: > *> What is the source of this, can you say?* > Huh? The man worked there and he's telling us what he saw. Who do you think was the source? John K ClarkSee what's on my new list at Extropolis

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Terren Suydam
l.com > wrote: > >> Many had thought Elon Musk was some sort of transcendental genius and >> even I thought he must be a pretty smart cookie, but when I heard he was >> spending $44 billion to buy a company as silly as Twitter I felt it might >> be time to reco

Re: Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread Lawrence Crowell
shareholder. With respect to Twitter, I somewhat suspect he is intentionally demolishing the company. LC On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 7:00:35 AM UTC-6 johnk...@gmail.com wrote: > Many had thought Elon Musk was some sort of transcendental genius and even > I thought he must be a pretty

Is Elon Musk as smart as we thought he was?

2022-11-23 Thread John Clark
Many had thought Elon Musk was some sort of transcendental genius and even I thought he must be a pretty smart cookie, but when I heard he was spending $44 billion to buy a company as silly as Twitter I felt it might be time to reconsider my judgment. Could Mr. Musk really not find a better use