Editor’s Note: Soon after publishing, an astute reader pointed out that Musk cannot run for the U.S. Presidency because he’s not a natural-born U.S. citizen. So please bear that in mind as you read the rest of the article.
Ooh boy, looks like the
Despite decrying the dangers of AI and
Called 'TruthGPT', Musk's
While the announcement itself might not be a complete surprise (we
Yes, you read that right. Elon Musk was on Fox News, giving an interview to Tucker Carlson, and peddling his doomsday scenarios to the
Even though Fox News keeps throwing shade at other media outlets, everyone knows that it pushes the Republican agenda hard, most recently during the Trump era when it amplified false claims that voting machines were manipulated to favor Democrat Joe Biden. Those claims landed Fox News in trouble, and the media network has agreed to
But that's beside the point. Why was Musk even there? One possible explanation (and this might be a stretch for many a reader) is that he's ultimately going to run for president and wants to appeal to Fox News' core audience, who, as many know, are tired of "career politicians" and want an outsider to shake things up in Washington, D.C., as was the case with Donald Trump.
We know
What separates Musk from Trump, though, is that Musk's companies are successful by comparison and his wealth is verifiably in the billions.
That said, Musk's announcement of launching his own AI raises even more questions about the timing of the open letter he
But what even is "truth"? Well, for the purposes of AI, it's whatever data it has been trained on. If the data is biased,
If Elon Musk thinks he can train his AI model on threads from 4chan or news from Infowars, for example, and present them as truth because they're so unfiltered and conform to a certain world view, the result is going to be more disinformation peddling as "truth" in an attempt to manipulate public opinion. In all fairness, Musk appears to be terrified of the idea of AI__manipulating__ public opinion, but like all things Musk, will probably go and do the opposite of what he says.
Ironically, when Trump was kicked off of major social media websites, the social media app he ended up creating for his followers also had the word "truth" in it: Truth Social. So the similarities between Musk and Trump are more than one.
Nonetheless, only time will tell what Musk is aiming for. For now, he's interested in upending "Woke AI" and TruthGPT will be a step in that direction. It could also be a sign of what's to come, with more and more billionaires trying to
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