Finding this piece interesting, but it’s a good reminder that we often confuse influence with authority. Musk can build ambitious systems largely because we allow him to. The power he wields comes from the permission …cultural, financial, regulatory … we collectively grant.
So when he talks about “truth” and “usefulness” in AI, it’s still just one technologist’s personal worldview, not a rigorous moral framework. Technical prowess doesn’t automatically equal ethical clarity. He can keep building, but we shouldn’t mistake that power for a mandate to define what AI or society should become.
Finding this piece interesting, but it’s a good reminder that we often confuse influence with authority. Musk can build ambitious systems largely because we allow him to. The power he wields comes from the permission …cultural, financial, regulatory … we collectively grant.
So when he talks about “truth” and “usefulness” in AI, it’s still just one technologist’s personal worldview, not a rigorous moral framework. Technical prowess doesn’t automatically equal ethical clarity. He can keep building, but we shouldn’t mistake that power for a mandate to define what AI or society should become.
Very well said, Musk has lost a great deal of credibility and should not be seen as a role model.