Robots are coming fast

Elon apparently liked Iain Banks as a writer, probably because Banks gave his sentient spaceships fantastic names that Musk could nick. But weird to think about because Banks developed a utopian and clearly socialist future society called The Culture. Amazing books but I guess fascist Musk must not have understood what he was skim reading. Heaven forbid the likes of him ever read 1984, he would definitely see it as an instructional manual.
He started off cautious.

But now fully embraces it.
"I think it'll be good. Most likely it'll be good." But he didn't stop there. He followed up with the kind of comment only Musk could make with a straight face: "But I've somewhat reconciled myself to the fact that even if it wasn't gonna be good, I'd at least like to be alive to see it happen." So yes, even if AI wipes us all out—he still wants a ticket to the show.
 
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