for a long time following Elon Musk felt like watching a unique kind of hellish unreality, but it increasingly just feels like a preview of coming attractions - ThreadSky

niedermeyer.online • 43 days ago

for a long time following Elon Musk felt like watching a unique kind of hellish unreality, but it increasingly just feels like a preview of coming attractions

Reposted from Carl Quintanilla

(Axios) - The $TRUMP memecoin — a financial asset that didn't exist on Friday afternoon — now accounts for about 89% of Donald Trump's net worth.

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niedermeyer.online•43 days ago

there's a window between the creation of new technologies and society beginning to get its arms around its new possibilities and limits, where almost anything can be done by those who dare... selling a $10,000 "Full Self-Driving" system that is legally no different than driving yourself is exhibit A

niedermeyer.online•43 days ago

For Tesla the one weird trick of telling customers the car is self-driving but affirming that for legal purposes it isn't effectively broke the very foundation of our (paltry) regulatory system around this stuff. By launching a valueless meme coin, Trump has done the same with bribery/emoluments.

niedermeyer.online•43 days ago

In a lot of ways, this is the fundamental political battle we're in right now: on the one hand, those who want to use technology as a lever to reshape the world in ways that exclusively benefit them, and on the other everyone else trying in vain to maintain something resembling a level playing field

wudang96.bsky.social•43 days ago

Maybe that's part of the problem?
mom: stay here.
child: why?
mom:
child: I want to go.
mom: no. you can't.
child: but,
mom: what if we go to the new playground?
child: okay!! let's go!

Nobody is offering anybody a new playground. Also, that playing field is gonna need more than a drum roller.

lenne0816.bsky.social•43 days ago

For a battle to occur there need to be two sides fighting, so far it looks everything is freely given.

sarahdearing.bsky.social•43 days ago

Why are gov’ts going all in on supporting AI, particularly building out data centres? They say it’s so they can be players, or to prevent Chinese dominance, but their justifications are feeling increasingly off and naive.

tamslick.bsky.social•43 days ago

If three in ten incoming Trump administration senior officials can define “emoluments”, I’d be surprised.

If one in ten could spell it, cold with no cue cards, I’d eat my hat.

henryfarkas.bsky.social•43 days ago

FSD is like supervising while a kid with a learner's permit drives the car. You do have to intervene at times, but most of the time, you're just supervising. I drove from Baltimore to Los Angeles and back using FSD. It was a pleasant experience. I listened to audiobooks and occasionally intervened.

osuivac.bsky.social•43 days ago

Going to Mars is like not going to Mars. You kinda go to Mars, but most of the time you're just not going to Mars. I went from Earth to somewhere that was definitely not Mars and back. It was a pleasant experience. I listened to audiobooks and occasionally realized I'm not really going to Mars.

coloradotravis.bsky.social•43 days ago

So he is a visionary, in a way.

I hate it here.

ellenychang.bsky.social•43 days ago

I hope no one is surprised that he is still grifting, just with a different crowd.

shademar.bsky.social•43 days ago

It is, I must admit, a bit funny watching bitcoin maximalists get a collective sad as they realize 'crypto support' means another shitcoin, not emptying Fort Knox to make BTC the new national currency.

grl85.bsky.social•43 days ago

I'm waiting for the rug pull

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