Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI

Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by dyauspitr on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:08PM (#43006473)

I liked Elon 90% of the time 5 years ago. Now honestly I don’t want him to build a whites only mars base.

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by JKCalhoun on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:56PM (#43007558)

5 years ago?

7 years ago he called Vernon Unsworth a pedophile. That was enough for me.

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by throw16180339 on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:22PM (#43007197)

N.K. Jemisin's SF short story Emergency Skin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Skin) is pretty much this.

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by moogly on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:32PM (#43006677)

> Now honestly I don’t want him to build a whites only mars base.

I do because the Earth would be rid of him and we could maybe have at least 1 slow news day.

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by dyauspitr on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:50PM (#43006873)

This might be the worst cost benefit tradeoff I’ve heard of.

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by electriclove on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:14PM (#43006523)

Do you really think it will be whites only?

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by bayarearefugee on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:59PM (#43006951)

I'm sure they will carve out exceptions for Uncle Toms like Vivek Ramaswamy, but if they get too uppity they'll be tossed out the airlock.

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by laerus on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:22PM (#43006589)

only the Nazi ones

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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by doodlebugging on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:00PM (#43006960)

I'll bet there will be lots of non-white applicants for positions as laborers helping them carry their travel bags to the launch pads.

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