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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Marcus -</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think you explicate the nut of the
Musk-Trump axis here. </div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'm guessing there is an equally
succinct/pithy version for the Trump/Putin axis.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">- Steve<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Propositions:<br>
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1) Musk is an accelerationist that wants to redirect federal
funds to things he thinks are worthy. This has the
convenient overlap with his business endeavors. Trump (and
gullible Americans) were the means to do that. Medicare,
Social Security, veterans benefits, education, foreign aid,
all are not worthy to him. His idea of what is worthy may
be more fully developed than the average MAGA voter, or even
average person, but are impoverished compared to say, the
average university professor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2) He’s at the helm of several companies full of people
smarter than he is, and things work better when he is kept
away. Like Trump, he’s a man-child with a large but
fragile ego. He can’t substantially improve the
functioning of Tesla or Space X or X or xAi or Neuralink,
other than to raise money, and do publicity stunts. So, he
fills up his days getting the attention he needs on social
media and now with DOGE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Friam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>steve smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between
Elon and Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2/13/25 12:39 PM, Marcus Daniels
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">"Elon
really wants to save the world - but only if it's him who
does it." <br>
-- Sam Altman</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>and save it in his own image (that one impressed on him by
too much "old fashioned future" SciFi?)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I sometimes worry that Musk in his "autism-spectrum" affect
and Altman in his "affable, bright young man" got together
long ago to form a "good cop"/"bad cop" alliance? I don't
want to think that but Altman seems to keep wandering further
into that realm?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I find Musk to be Trump's "porch dog" chained up under the
porch with a chain just long enough to keep him from biting
walking down the sidewalk until one day Trump adds another few
feet of chain... <o:p></o:p></p>
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