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Around the board, including at X. “Never been done before – xAI did in 19 days what everyone else needs one year to accomplish.” He’s a twat? What are your cr

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  > “Never been done before – xAI did in 19 days what everyone else needs one year to accomplish.” It's a lot less impressive being the second person to fly a plane. Grok was released in November 4, 2023; Llama was released freely in February 2023. They had plenty to build off. > He’s a twat? What are your credentials? What credentials would be relevant to determining that? I credit Musk for a lot of the vision behind SpaceX, but I'm glad he seems a bit distracted from it right now with X etc. It's possible to be both visionary and a twat simultaneously. Howard Hughes serves as a similar example.
  • ryandrake 2y ago
    > I credit Musk for a lot of the vision behind SpaceX For sure. Outstanding vision. I'll give him credit. But vision doesn't launch a rocket or finance a business. There are probably thousands of people out there with sufficient "vision" to build a space program, but only one of them is a billionaire willing to finance it. Musk is not some one of a kind unique person. He just happens to be one of the few who have the means ($$) to hire people who can actually bring his vision to life.
    • pfdietz 2y ago
      "There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it is thoroughly finished yields the true glory." -- Sir Francis Drake