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Yeah, its not that the dems left them behind. It’s that birds of a feather flock together. I can’t stand this framing that the dems have left people behind. As if the Rs have been there for them. Lol. Even in messaging… it’s absurd. It’s just a difference in values. It is gaslighting to act like the Dems have failed in making young men of an opposite ideology feel acknowledged. I’m failing at articulating, but maybe someone could assist me.

😂 so funny.

I know right. I wonder how his image has changed among his fan base. Surely many don’t like what they’re seeing.

Lol. That is funny af. One of the first things he does is appeal to the true crime demographic. With a swipe of a pen, he’s a hero to many. Low hanging fruit. Smart.

I shared a video from a world-class SWE called The Primeagen. He says they ain’t going for AGI, but rather, they’re going to invest in fabricating their own chips and warehousing all their own hardware so things will be more affordable for them. He says it’s basically just to scale the existing tech and to cut their reliance on Microsoft, Nvidia, etc. Seems to make sense.

You might be right. It seems the biggest cause of continued delusion and self-deception. His self-bias video is my all time fav. The one with a thumbnail of a dude shoving his head in the ground. If you value what is actually true more than your own ideas, you’re much less vulnerable to confirmation bias. “Confirm” being the key word. Instead of confirming you are right, try to confirm you are wrong and accept the result if you are. If you just create a rule for yourself to always be open to being wrong and to earnestly check if you are, and then accept the result, I think that’s the best we can do. Many find this too painful and for others, it robs them of excitement and cherished beliefs, so of course the masses are far from allowing themselves the self-awareness that would take that away from them, which is why they don’t allow it.. seems like cowardice to me.

Yeah, Rogan brought that into clearer view for me. He's totally blind. I've known some rich folk in my time and most of them have elitism dripping off them. You can sense the smugness and privilege behind their facade. There's usually a sort of disconnect too. It's almost like they are in another world when you're talking to them. They don't wear it on their sleeve but they have a sort of eager conquest mentality that you can see when any talk of acquisition comes up. Also, envy for those in higher positions and disdain for those in lower. I imagine all that gets amped up when you reach the level of Rogan, Musk, and Lex.

Yeah, good point. It's hard to know because they'd probably act like this for free. I understand how people change around high status people but the frequency and style of ass-kissing seems suspect, even for unconscious fame and power seekers. Also, was Rogan not more famous than Musk when he started with all the Musk hype? Also, outside of power and fame, their personalities aren't very compatible. If Rogan and Elon were normies sitting in a bar, Rogan would say "that guy is a fucking weirdo". Obviously, he'd like him if he was the richest man in the world. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if Elon pays them. He wouldn't have to handle it like a business deal. He could just say something like, "hey guys, you're my friends, when you say good things about me, I benefit, and you should be rewarded for that because I will not accept free press from my friends, and I don't care what you say, everytime you say something nice about me, I'm sending you 50k, end of story". That would make Rogan and Lex like him even more and incentivize them to keep boosting his signal. Pure speculation but I think Elon is slick like this.

Maybe. But the amount of ass kissing is off the charts and I know Elon spends a lot tailoring his image. I think it's likely he struck a deal with the top influencers.

https://x.com/lexfridman/status/1882155179581243518 This is cringe. Rogan and Lex hopping on a live stream to watch Elon's rockets... clapping like baby seals when it hits the landing pad. Interesting how Rogan and Lex are all of sudden intrigued by rockets. The most likely explanation for this is Rogan and Lex are paid handsomely by Musk to do things like this and to sing his praises on a near daily basis now. I predict Musk will have an epic downfall. Someone he's paid to run propaganda for him will eventually turn whistleblower, and there are many. All it will take is one slip up. His whole scheme will be exposed within the next 5-10 years, if not sooner. That is if we don't go too far into authoritarianism.

“Oh wise one with the truths, please, pretty please, give them to me, I can handle it.”. You only feed his superiority complex. Maybe he’d humble a bit if there was a little less ass kissing and making excuses for him. I notice there’s often a flood of ass kissing after a bit of drama. Interesting. I’ll horde all the insights I have around this. Maybe I’ll let you measly commoners know about them in the future.

@Alexop Jesus dude. The projection and assumptions are insane. I have zero problem with capitalism. I like capitalism and I have no problem with rich people whatsoever. I myself want to be rich and I'm glad I live in a capitalist society. Turns out, it's possible to criticize Musk outside of an anti-capitalist worldview. The fact that that's where your mind goes shows you're the myopic one, but don't worry, you're not alone.

I was just trying to satisfy my own curiosity of why Leo invokes Elon's exceptionalism when critiques amp up. It's not important really. I'll give it a rest.

Yeah, I think you're right, but it's not difficult to understand that Musk has a crazy work ethic and went through a lot of shit to get where he is. I was trying to understand why Leo likes to temper criticism of Musk by acknowledging his strong work ethic, strategic vision, and contributions to humanity, all of which I acknowledge. Think about it like this: Donald Trump also has an insane work ethic and what he has accomplished is truly remarkable. He's been working day in and day out for decades building what he has. If I were talking about what a piece of shit Trump is, and someone speaks up and says "You have no idea what it took to accomplish what Trump has accomplished, so pipe down in your criticism because you haven't created anything yourself", you can see how absurd that would be, right? It makes no sense. It's weird. Leo must deeply admire Musk, that's my best guess. You'd make a good cult member. I don't care if a human works non-stop, 16 hours a day. It doesn't impress me because I've been there. You and Leo foolishly assume everyone is underdeveloped, lacks insight, vision, work ethic, etc., hence the need for correction.

DeepSeek actually seems pretty good. I just had it review some code and it offered the same suggestions and more than ChatGPT o1 and Claude. I'll be testing it out soon to see if it can match Claude in helping me build things. You can get a free account here: https://www.deepseek.com/

Here’s a good software engineer dude’s take:

It’s what current AI is. (Large Language Model). Current AI would be dumb compared to AGI. AGI would surpass humans in everything and not need us to correct it or program it. It would be the holy grail of intelligence. It would have all knowledge available to it and it could solve all problems on its own. It would likely find breakthroughs in every domain. Ever see the movie Transcendence? That can give you an idea of what it might be like, except it likely wouldn’t take on a mind of its own the way it does in the movie.

AGI is a whole nother tech than LLM. To reach it would require major advances in hardware and software. There are many computer scientists who think we won’t reach it for a hundred years or more and also many who think we’ll never reach it. If it were achieved, it would require such high computing resources, only elites could afford it. I wouldn’t expect it anytime soon. On another note, China just released a free an open source model that rivals Chat GPT’S $200/mo model.

No, just because I discard it doesn't mean I don't understand. I place no value on balls, bravery, or guts, where there is no integrity. I know full well what it means to sacrifice and risk it all, and I don't care if Elon Musk has the aptitude for doing it. It means nothing. Maybe you should ask yourself the question, what does that mean to you? What is significant about that, that he risked everything on SpaceX?

Bro, I can see deep into things too. You ain't the only one with insight. I know how much balls that would take... and I don't care. It's funny... I remember a long time ago in your videos you would say things like "you don't understand" and I liked that because I thought maybe there's something hidden that I could discover and come to understand, because that's what gets me off, but at some point along the way, I realized that that majority of the time you would say such a thing, it didn't apply to me because I actually did understand and I could see what you were seeing. It's true, the majority can't, but there is a minority out there, such as myself, that you might run into from time to time, and your usual thinking they cannot see will not always apply, as is the case here. My mind stays open. I have no choice in the matter. Anyway, that's enough for one night. Peace! ✌️☮️❣️🏳️‍🌈

True. 2 mouths actually. Sometimes 3... if you know what I mean. haha 😏 Listen, I think you guys think I'm something I'm not. I'm not a hippy with an ax to grind with Musk. I simply have ideas that don't square with yours and when I press to understand them or to make you understand, you seem to mistake that for me having an ax to grind. I refute the notion that Elon is some freak phenomena and I refute that his value to humanity is as significant as being claimed. I've laid out my reasoning for both and it's not yet been met with a worthy counter, so...

lol. What?? That makes no sense. I'm starting to think you were an actual Musk fanboy. 😂 The only way it could end in delusion is if I had an ego complex about his value or worth relative to mine, and I can assure you, I don't. I'm just trying to understand how you see his value and worth and why it matters to the degree you seem to think it does. You seem to give worldly achievements much more weight in your estimation of characters than I do. I don't typically give much, if any weight to achievement in my estimations of character. I think we're just operating on different wavelengths... you being a crocodile and all. It would be difficult without some luck, but once I got 300m, I could compete with the rest of them in the innovation game. Simple. 😆

Maybe I'm too generous then. That's how it would work for me 😆

I'm open to being wrong but I disagree. I think innovation on the level of Gates and Musk would be somewhat common if everyone lucked up with a few hundred million. Once you get lucky like that and get your first few hundred million, I get the sense it's not difficult to hire the world's best consultants to guide you in hiring the world's best recruiters to find the best managers to manage other managers to produce whatever you want, but first, hire the best financial consultants to set up investments/money printers so you never run out of money. I'm not saying it'd be easy, but if you have a strong will to power, a decent intellect, and a few hundred million, I don't see it as a monumental undertaking to innovate. I could be naive in this regard, as I've never done anything like it, but something makes me think having hundreds of millions of dollars lowers the barrier to innovation to such that about 20 -25% of the population would be capable of similar achievements if they simply had the initial luck and capital. Bill Gates himself acknowledges the absurd luck it took for him to become what he became. He was in the exact right place at the exact right time. If he had gone to school elsewhere, we wouldn't be talking about him right now. If Elon hadn't gotten lucky with PayPal, we wouldn't be talking about him now.