If you do this, you can think exactly like Elon
Musk thinks.
Musk thinks that success for the Model S in Texas could pave the road for a new production plant there.
SpaceX and Tesla Motors supremo Elon
Musk thinks so, telling us that there is a billions to one chance that we actually exist physically: it is much more likely that we are data swirling around in someone's immense supercomputer.
That would give you revenues of about $ 350B in 2025,
Musk thinks they can operate at a 10 % net margin (which is rich for a car company, but quite reasonable for a tech company — which is what Tesla really is), yielding $ 35B in annual profits.
It is actually a little funny that
Musk thinks this way about the role of autonomous vehicles in worsening traffic conditions since Tesla has been focused on improving its own autopilot software.
Musk thinks it just might be the key to solving the problem of global warming.
I have a theory about what that is, which has to do with the way
Musk thinks, the way that he reasons through problems, and the way he views the world.
It's no secret that Elon
Musk thinks Mars is a promising destination for people to live in the future.
If Earth colonizes Mars — and
Musk thinks we should — the colonists will need to govern themselves.
Elon
Musk thinks they might kill us all within five years; Mark Zuckerberg wants one in his home, keeping watch over his infant daughter.
Kalanick approached
Musk thinking they could team up against Apple.
Not exact matches
After further clarifying his
thoughts on public transportation and disagreement with Walker,
Musk took a moment to appreciate his platform.
Musk later explained that he likes many forms of public transportation but
thought that major cities were not fully equipped to solve traffic and congestion issues.
Elon
Musk, who promised that all of Tesla's new vehicles will be capable of driving fully autonomously sometime this year, admitted recently that he
thinks universal basic income will be necessary.
That «I
think I can do it» is key —
Musk's gut level faith in his ability to achieve any goal, and overcome any obstacle, is one of the most important aspects of his character that has made him a larger - than - life innovator.
When
Musk announced his intention to create reusable rockets, space industry veterans said it was impossible, but
Musk remained coolly confident and responded that he
thought he could do it.
Musk's school of
thought is shared by Y Combinator president Sam Altman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel, with whom he co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit meant to ensure A.I. is used for good.
«I
think probably a good situation for at least BFR version one,» says
Musk of the travel conditions.
You want to wake up in the morning and
think the future is going to be great and that is what being a space - faring civilization is all about,» says
Musk.
Of course, Apple would also get
Musk — a worthy heir to Steve Jobs» «
think different» legacy and ideally suited to be Apple's futurist, chief technologist and CEO - in - waiting.
Along with
Musk, many of the country's top entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman are
thinking more long - term than ever, not less.
Elon
Musk's vision for Tesla will require a lot of capital but Munster says he
thinks the company will get there.
If we wanted to, we could actually add two more side boosters and make it Falcon Super Heavy... I
think we can crank up thrust and probably get upwards of 9 million pounds of thrust,»
Musk said on the press call.
In a panel discussion in Silicon Valley Saturday, however,
Musk took a more measured tone on AI, encouraging members of the audience to
think about how to prevent it from progressing along a potentially apocalyptic path.
I
think that neither
Musk nor anybody else seems to be considering, what economic reason is there to go to this other planet?
Musk's prejudice prompted him to donate millions to the ethics
think tank OpenAI — and it's why he's urging other billionaire techies like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet's Larry Page to proceed with caution on their myriad of machine learning and robotics experiments.
You can only imagine what the aliens will
think when they figure out how to listen to that, then a bit later find Starman and
Musk's car.
With the shock value of the fears of
Musk and others abating, Arruda
thinks dialogue about so - called «bad AI» will start to have a little more subtlety in 2016.
While the most brilliant business minds on Earth often possess strange quirks, a glimpse into the intergalactic future as envisioned by Elon
Musk paints a rather harrowing — and
thought - provoking — picture.
Short - seller Jim Chanos, Kynikos Associates founder, shares his
thoughts on Tesla, Elon
Musk and the mass exodus of the company's top executives.
It's not just wishful
thinking to want
Musk to build at least a prototype of his proposed Hyperloop.
«I
think Elon
Musk has crossed the Rubicon in terms of making statements to investors that he might rue later,» he adds.
Elon
Musk, founder and CEO, SpaceX and Tesla — Referencing
Musk's mission to build conditions for a viable colony on Mars, Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global, says
Musk «is one of the few people not only
thinking about the survival of our civilization but also doing something about it.»
I
think Elon [
Musk] makes it too risky to own the stock.
«I
think Musk's track record of disruptive innovation would make this a really attractive business for the... FCC to support.»
This is not good news for Elon
Musk, who was just months ago proclaiming that, «Jim is developing specialized AI hardware that we
think will be the best in the world.»
Like the Web listings startup Zip2, Elon
Musk started
thinking about the Internet banking in very early days of the Internet.
Says
Musk, «I
think it is a good reminder not to get focused on the negative things in life.
I'm guessing most of his Twitter followers
thought Musk was being funny, and that he would never come out with a real flamethrower.
In response to a post by a Twitter user which said
Musk should provide «some very strong arguments in a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included) skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone
thought of that before?
During a Facebook Live chat on Sunday, a viewer asked Zuckerberg what he
thought about the future of A.I., citing
Musk's comments.
Musk called it «definitely one of the best moments ever in Tesla, I
think.»
«I have exposure to the very cutting edge AI, and I
think people should be really concerned about it,»
Musk said at the event.
Elon
Musk's monstrous battery factory — which he's calling the «Gigafactory» because of its massive scale — might be here sooner than you
think.
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«On the artificial intelligence front, I have access to the very most cutting edge AI, and I
think people should be really concerned about it,» an unusually subdued
Musk said in a question and answer session with Nevada governor Brian Sandoval.
«I just
thought he was a super smart guy, and really understood what we were doing, and was a great cultural fit for the company,»
Musk said of Wheeler.
Consumers today might experience a gut - level cringe at the idea of an artificial intelligence that can recognize and analyze their Instagram photos, but companies like Google and
thought leaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon
Musk are investing heavily in it, making huge bets that people will accept it someday.
Laughing as the analyst pushed back,
Musk admitted that «I
think it's quite a smart question, actually.»