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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Huh.

You know, when I think of supercomputer applications, I think of deeply analytical problems based on solid math and well understood algorithms that can be highly parallelised to take the maximum theoretical advantage of the hardware at hand.

You know, the opposite of what the "AI" crowd is doing. Throwing vast amounts of crunching power at a barely understood hypothetical black-box problem in hopes that it potentially yields some interesting results. Maybe.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Why think of intelligent solutions when you can just throw more money at the problem. Surely that's how you deal with issues.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 20 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Why does Elon need all these handouts? If he wants to build toys he should do so with his own money.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He didn't become the richest prick in the world by spending his own money.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Something something, never got a job from a poor man.

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 9 hours ago

His vaporware time after time raises billions without any viable output.

In a meanwhile, there are legit businesses which struggle financially because the market 'doesn't believe' in them.

Free market will solve it, my ass

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 67 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

How the fuck do people keep giving him more money??

Most of his ventures are dumpster fires, and SpaceX only runs well because he doesn't touch it.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

He does touch it. Remember the obliterated launch pad that also critically damaged his rocket about a year ago? That was him.

Also, SpaceX runs "well" because it got billions of government dollars to get humans to Mars and so far they've been able to blow up a banana over the Indian ocean. Literally. SpaceX has spent all that money and hasn't even hit the first target on a long list of targets.

Think about this: SpaceX has spent more time and government money than NASA did for the Appollo project and what did both do? NASA got the first human to the moon. SpaceX shot a car in low earth orbit, obliterated a launch pad (amongst so much more) and fried a banana over the Indian ocean. Their big rocket managed to hit LEO in an uncontrolled spin until it burned up. Seriously, SpaceX is playing at step one and failing to reach step 2

They do cheer loudly when yet again a rocket blows up. Do you remember all the cheers at NASA when their tickets blew up all the time? Oh yeah, that's right. They had a tiny fraction of the computer power of today and went for the "do it right the first time" and they did.

SpaceX sucks. It's just another Musk toy that peoplem are giving a free pass because reasons.

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 61 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Because he's in charge of the government now. Oligarch power. We are rightly fucked. They will all make even more money and dump any losses on us.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

Absolutely amazing thar nuclear power is now so close to his control or influence. Nothing to be afraid of.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 54 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I’m so tired of hearing about this fucking cheesedick

[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Too, bad. He won the election he bought, and so now he's (no joke) being proposed as speaker of the house (3rd in line to presidency) which is an unelected position.

Then if/when Trump dies and JD Vance gets killed/abdictates, you have Elon President.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 17 hours ago

it pays to have a saudi arabian sugar daddy to sink money into your tax shelter.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 77 points 21 hours ago

Please don’t encourage this monster.

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 56 points 21 hours ago

xAI? Ain’t that his son?

[–] HootinNHollerin@quokk.au 35 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

He is gonna use those for terrible things

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Nah. As most things he touch, it would be nothing but smoke.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 37 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Elon Musk's xAI has raised $6 billion in its latest funding round, pushing its total capital raised to $12 billion at a valuation of $50 billion, reports TechCrunch. The round, which involved 97 investors, followed a doubling of xAI's valuation within six months and solidified the company's position as a growing competitor in the AI sector.

Major investors in this funding round include Nvidia, AMD, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, and Sequoia Capital, among others. Only previous investors who backed Musk's earlier ventures, such as the Twitter acquisition, could participate. The minimum investment per participant was $77,593, but the identities of most investors remain undisclosed.

There is a club...

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The cult of musk. If you raise from your fan club you don't get held to account.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 20 hours ago

Musk + Nvidia, AMD, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, and Sequoia Capital

How much shit do they have over daddy Sam?

Asking for a friend.

[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

"And you ain't in it!"

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 18 hours ago

Well Nvidia and AMD will get their money (and possibly some other investors money too) straight back in equipment purchases.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 19 points 20 hours ago

It's just more money laundering for Xelon.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Anything Musk touches is immediately tainted by association. Any AI product he has a say in should immediately be considered a potential danger to humanity as a whole.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 9 points 18 hours ago

*translation

Corporations pay to subordinate themselves to the newest idiot in chief.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Each individual element in that headline is perfectly tailored to make this comment section nothing but rage and irrelevant insults.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

I must admit I got triggered by the word "to".

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Can someone imagine the outcome of a single Elon company going bust?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Xitter went bust a long time ago. It’s propped up by political interests. Tesla auto will probably be in the dumps after the smoke and mirrors wear off. No one outside the cult wants to buy a new Tesla.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

i still have no idea why people wanted to buy teslas before he took off the mask either. they're ugly as sin.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Tesla originally had some star power because they were doing things that traditional automakers claimed were impossible. A litany of poor engineering decisions and Elon showing his true colors have worn off any remaining novelty.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

xSuckMyDick