Mr Musk has been a marvel for obvious reasons, but in the last few weeks his influence has gown out of proportions. The bromance with Mr Donald Trump, the President-elect, is certainly a factor, but that alone cannot explain the Musk phenomenon that is sweeping the globe now.
Wise people have always argued that it is not that AI would take over humanity. It would rather be that humans empowered by AI would overwhelm people less fortunate. The Musk phenomenon, bolstered by his success in Tesla and SpaceX, was given the crucial boost by his purchase of twitter (now converted to X). The house-made Grok is always on X, and X is evidently the embodiment of AI-powered dominance of the world, at least somewhere on the roadmap. Mr Musk has been one of the founders of Open AI. With his new startup xAI and much beyond to come, together with the track record of serial successes, give Mr. Musk power in reality and in imagination. If he could win in choosing sides in the American Presidential election, probably he will win in this arms race of AI towards AGI and ASI, at least will be on the winning side, an educated guess will suggest.
So as Mr. Musk goes about the business of interfering with European politics, even suggesting to King Charles to dissolve the parliament, there is an image of a man stroking a trademark white cat. AI would not conquer humans. People smart enough to employ AI would conquer humans. Mr. Musk is at the right place at the right time with the right track record. How the rest will turn out to be history is yet to be seen.
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