Category Archives: Transhumanists
“Sweet Dreams” – Elon Musk’s Periodic Reminder Of The Coming AI Apocalypse
Elon Musk just gave people a powerful and eerie visual related to his belief that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could usher in a SkyNet style apocalypse where the machines take over and kill us all. In a talk given last July, Musk said, “I keep sounding the alarm bell but until people see robots going down the street […]
Is This The Bizarre Reason Why Tesla Is Struggling To Ramp Model 3 Production?
A little over a week ago, we noted the damning – if unsurprising – report from the Wall Street Journal revealing that Tesla’s massive production miss on the Model 3, after only producing a tiny fraction of the 1,500 Model 3 sedans that it promised customers, might have been attributable to the fact that key […]
Google Is Using Hot Air Balloons To Restore Cell Service In Puerto Rico
While Elon Musk is pretending that he can rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with solar-powered batteries, Google wants to deliver cell phone service using balloons. Alphabet Inc., Google’s corporate parent, received permission on Friday from the FCC to begin providing emergency cellular service to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico using balloons. The effort appears to be a […]
Elon Musk Isn’t Alone: Vladimir Putin Asks “How Long Before The Robots Eat Us”
Elon Musk isn’t the only one whose afraid that advances in artificial intelligence will leads to something akin to the creation of Skynet. The Daily Mail is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed reservations about artificial intelligence, even asking the head of Russia's largest tech firm 'how long do we have before the […]
Zero-Emission Vehicle Credits: The One ‘Product’ That Tesla Actually Earns A Profit On
As we pointed out last week when Tesla reported its Q2 earnings, making products that actually generate a return on capital for shareholders isn’t a strong suit of the Silicon Valley powerhouse. In fact, Elon Musk managed to burn through a record $1.2 billion of cash in Q2 alone, or roughly $13 million dollars every […]
Elon Musk Unveils Apocalyptic Vision For The World
Elon Musk is no stranger to futurecasting a foreboding dystopia ahead for mankind, as we noted recently. But during a speech he gave today at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Rhode Island, Musk turned up the future-fearmongery amplifier to '11'. As a reminder, in the past, when he was asked about whether humans […]
Tesla’s Response To Amazon Foods: A Streaming Music Service
Not to be outdone by Jeff Bezos’ “out of the box thinking”, Elon Musk has turned the amplifier of fast money to ’11’… Car-maker, tech stock, solar company… and now music streaming service. Oh the genius of Elon Musk… “you just don’t get it” As ReCode reports, put this one in the “You can do […]
Silicon Valley Exec Has Created A New Religion That Will Worship A ‘Godhead’ Based On Artificial Intelligence
I know that the headline sounds absolutely crazy, but this is actually a true story. A Silicon Valley executive named Anthony Levandowski has already filed paperwork with the IRS for the nonprofit corporation that is going to run this new religion. Officially, this new faith will be known as “Way Of The Future”, and you […]