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Re:Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical... by ramesh31 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:03PM (#48283372)
People can simultaeneously be reprehensible idiots while being a reliable expert on something they have personally invested billions of dollars into and operate at scale.
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Re:Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical... by overfeed on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:31PM (#48283834)
> ...while being a reliable expert on something they have personally invested billions of dollars into and operate at scale.

Like "Full Self-Driving" from coast-to-coast by 2016?

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Re:Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical... by awkwardpotato on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:16PM (#48283571)
He's also invested billions of dollars in SpaceX and Tesla... which he regularly makes wild claims about that are untrue.
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Re:Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical... by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:55PM (#48284213)
I'm not saying he actually is an expert, but he could be an expert and still lie for any number of reasons.
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Re:Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical... by stymaar on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:56PM (#48284228)
Elon is a specialist of lying about stuff he invested billions in to make it look more valuable than it is (he's been doing that for Tesla for years). It's not a lack of expertise, it's the lack of any sense of integrity (and self respect).

He's lagging the AI race despite having tons of compute available, so he tries to make a narrative about how it's not that the model is behind, it's just smaller than the competition.

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