Re:Musk Says Tesla Cars Will Go 620 Miles per Charge in 2 Ye...
by flycaliguy on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @07:13PM
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"Well Musk has not a good track record with announcements like that."
Yup, very much like a politician. You get the sense that he is playing their game. They'll give him a hand but he has to speak their language. Promises made to the public are more like optimistic goals in which potential complications aren't accounted for and instead reserved as explanations for revised promises.
I'm a Musk fan, don't get me wrong, but there is a level of dream fuelling manipulation behind his approach that feels political.
That whole [i]warning the public about dangerous AI thing[/i] actually felt like a big political money push to me. Designed to overwork the imaginations of the public and get government more interested in throwing money at the tech.
Yup, very much like a politician. You get the sense that he is playing their game. They'll give him a hand but he has to speak their language. Promises made to the public are more like optimistic goals in which potential complications aren't accounted for and instead reserved as explanations for revised promises.
I'm a Musk fan, don't get me wrong, but there is a level of dream fuelling manipulation behind his approach that feels political.
That whole [i]warning the public about dangerous AI thing[/i] actually felt like a big political money push to me. Designed to overwork the imaginations of the public and get government more interested in throwing money at the tech.