>>he's not the richest man on earth for nothing.

He engineers perceptions, finance, and govt funds, not technology. Every report and available evidence shows he is barely technologically astute, nevermind genius; the accomplishments of his teams are despite him not because of him.

Which is why a better description would be: The Greediest Man On Earth.

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Yoric 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Every report and available evidence shows he is barely technologically astute, nevermind genius; the accomplishments of his teams are despite him not because of him.

In particular, nothing that comes out of his mouth regarding AI makes any sense.

And still, people listen to him as if he was an expert. Go figure.

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FireBeyond 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Or even vehicle autonomy.

His latest bullshit was about Tesla cameras and fog/rain/snow - on an investor call, no less - "Oh, we do photon counting directly from the sensor, so it's a non-issue".

No. 1, Tesla cameras are not capable of that - you need a special sensor, that's not useful for any real visual representation. And 2, even if you did, photon counting requires a closed "box" so to speak - you can't count photons in "open air".

And no-one calls it out.

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alfiedotwtf 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I just don’t get it? Do people hang off his every word just because he’s rich? What are they expecting for this worship… it’s not like he’s going to start throwing $100 bills to people because they agree with him on Twitter

	▲	Yoric 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Seen from the other side of the Atlantic, I've regularly felt that the US is rather prone to hero worship, see e.g. the passion dedicated to presidential candidates, former presidents, billionaires, but also how the main characters of pretty much all American biopics I recall can't ever be wrong. If my observation is correct, I guess what we're witnessing with Musk could be a case of hero worship – and in any narrative in which Musk is a hero, he's of course right.

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hvb2 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Just stating that he does seem to inspire and build teams/orgs that do great things.

Both SpaceX and Tesla are accomplishments if you consider where their competitors are.

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overfeed 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Both SpaceX and Tesla are accomplishments if you consider where their competitors are.

CATL, BYD, and other Chinese manufacturers are absolutely killing it at Tesla's expense, Because their markets have actual, sharp-elbowed competition requiring actual innovation.

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leptons 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How many massive, bloated rockets that nobody really needs have the competitors been blowing up time after time after time?

	▲	hvb2 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		When they do this on their own dime and get results years ahead of competitors, is that a bad thing? If not for crew dragon, the US would be begging Russia for seats to the ISS still. Is that your preferred outcome?