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When I was first reading about Musk, 12 years ago, I was extremely impressed, to the point of being ready to invest in Tesla and SolarCity. However, when Elon entered the AI space about 7 years ago it became clear to me that: (i) he is entering a field that he doesn't know, while talking about it as if he knew it, (ii) marketing and hype matter to him more than science.

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> marketing and hype matter to him more than science.

You're assuming he's not exploiting the marketing and hype so he can fund the science that's needed.

I didn't make that assumption. I'm just saying that overpromising and underdelivering, due to a lack of a broad understanding of AI research, can backfire, create distrust, and in the end slow science down, e.g., lead to another AI winter...

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