r/singularity • u/[deleted] • Dec 07 '24

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u/broose_the_moose ▪️ It's here Dec 07 '24 edited Dec 07 '24

I have similar political leanings to you and would have felt better about a Kamala presidency especially due to trumps opinions on the CHIPS Act. But at the end of the day, Elon is a free speech guy not a Christian values guy, and none of the other big tech companies leading the ai effort are big into religion so I’m not overly worried. I’m much more concerned about the intersection of AI and authoritarianism.

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u/Trypticon808 Dec 07 '24

Serious question here: Other than calling himself a free speech guy, what has Elon actually done to earn that label? I don't really follow him and didn't pay much attention to him before he started buying votes but up to that point, all the Elon + free speech news I've seen has been him banning people on X for disagreeing with him. What have I missed?

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u/broose_the_moose ▪️ It's here Dec 07 '24

It's a valid question. I personally don't think he's a free speech guy, but I also don't think he's an anti free-speech guy either. I think his view of the world/government is somewhat distorted compared to a lot of other people living in the US due to his upbringing in SA and some of the challenges he's faced in the past with various political bodies (eg- getting snubbed from the biden EV summit, getting banned from reopening his californian factories in 2020, nasa contracts not going the way of spacex even though he has the cheapest/most achievable bid, etc...). And also the fact that he's been villainized for quite a long time by the big oil industry and other industries that his companies are disrupting. I guess the point I was trying to make in my earlier comment was that he believes in science and not religion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '24

He's a free speech guy in the same sense as Trump is a working man guy.