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> He's richer than that, think bigger. that's the hilarious paradox at the center of his antics. Musk is infamously petty and insecure. We're talking about the
by calldacopsidgaf 1mo ago
> He's richer than that, think bigger.
that's the hilarious paradox at the center of his antics. Musk is infamously petty and insecure. We're talking about the guy who tweaked Grok's system prompt to flatter him and paid someone to boost his fucking Diablo character for clout. I wouldn't put "looking through chat histories" past him for one second.
- tavavex 1mo agoI'm not saying Musk isn't petty, I just think that in this crazy world, especially with the lines between public and private slowly blurring, we could have news like "some AI lab let the owner or a higher-up read chat histories" come out of any company and barely make a splash in the mainstream. Maybe it would be discussed for a few days on HN before something else takes the attention away.
- Jensson 1mo agoReddits owner is also petty and insecure and edited other peoples posts, Elon hasn't done that yet. Didn't seem to stop reddit from getting popular, people don't really care that much.
- calldacopsidgaf 1mo ago...but people don't just hate Elon because he's petty? they hate him for the prejudiced BS and his actually harmful meddling in politics
- gafferongames 1mo agoThey hate him because he's a huge fucking douchebag
- ben_w 1mo agoAnd that, unlike most politically active billionaires, he's so publicity-seeking we've all heard of him. I can't even remember the name of the eBay people in e.g. this without actively re-reading the story, though we all know it was Musk who reacted with petulance to being told his cave submarine wouldn't help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_stalking_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_stalking_scandal