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The goal is to create hundreds of specialized coding and generative AI agents. 'It should be possible to simulate [Microsoft] entirely with AI,' Musk says.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Macrohard..the kind of joke that 11 year olds made on AOL in 1994

[–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good luck to Musk then. Was listening to a cybersec podcast on my morning dog walk and one of the stories was about the amount of security flaws that can be created with AI coding machines. Unless you're aware of the language, exploits, weaknesses etc. etc.

What a dumbass. Every time he opens his smarmy gob these days he makes himself seem dumber every time.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

It's the drugs, the sycophants, and the power.

He's completely lost touch and has gone full megalomaniac.

"Oh, yes, chief, creating a giant bowl of cheese is so original, you're a genius", a sycophant.

"God. I'm a god", Musk.

"Yes, chief, you're a god", a sycophant.

"I'm so amazing that people think I'm a god", musk.

I think there's a touch of cognitive decline happening, too. Or like a serious brain injury.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I made that joke when I was 13 years old...

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

what makes you think fElon isn't 13 years old too?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Macrohard, another very funny joke from Elon's brilliant mind.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 82 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (12 children)

For the love of god, just OD on ketamine already.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why do bad Tesla fires only trap good people?

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m so tired of this idiot ass fucking dystopia.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I agree. Why can't we have a dystopia where we have neon gangs with wicked aesthetics that are armed with fully automatic firearms purchased from a vending machine outside a liquor store.

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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 207 points 5 days ago (4 children)

It should be possible for a car to not run over people, too. That seems like a more pressing computing issue.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 129 points 5 days ago (4 children)

MACROHARD, GET IT???

I'm hilarious and edgy, so my cars can kill a few people, as a treat.

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[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Dude claims he can code. I want to see him personally make Doom run on a Tesla.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 146 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Sounds like something a teenager would come up with - this is exactly what I'd expect Musk to do

[–] natecox@programming.dev 102 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It is literally a joke I made in high school, ~25 years ago.

He’s such a loser.

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[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (3 children)

He's such a fucking simple edge-lord.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is. Dial-up nerds have been calling Microsoft exactly that online for literal decades at this point. He's not even original.

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's an old joke that the opposite of Microsoft Office is Macrohard Onfire

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 121 points 5 days ago
[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 38 points 4 days ago (2 children)

“In principle, given that software companies like Microsoft do not themselves manufacture any physical hardware, it should be possible to simulate them entirely with AI,” he added.

Ummm, is someone going to tell him about the Xbox, Surface devices, and the entire Azure infrastructure they built.

[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And the Zune. Don't forget the Zune!

[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

I loved my Zune

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Musk just announces this shit to look like he's doing something so the investors don't flee. If anything is actually delivered it will be forgettable and he will have moved on to the next thing he can hype.

It's that or he's trying to get Microsoft to give Grok a more prominent role on their platform and this is how he thinks he can active that.

How the stack of cards hasn't fallen down yet is head scratching and I'd love to know what business is actually using Grok for something serious.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 11 points 3 days ago

This is dumb on a different level

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Musk is like a science experiment to see how cripplingly stupid you can make a nepo baby without them losing all their generational wealth, except it went in a fascinating new direction instead.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I remember back when I was a kid it was hard to convince people that wealth and success was not a matter of being better, smarter, or harder working - as we were told - but rather almost entirely a matter of luck. Thankfully, Elon Musk has shown many people the light that I could not. Thank you, Elon

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

To be fair there is one personal trait that's really important to wealth and success, the willingness to walk over the bodies of your peers.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Too many people are still convinced that Elon's wealth is attained through his hardwork alone.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

https://www.monbiot.com/2011/11/07/the-self-attribution-fallacy/

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire. The claims that the ultra-rich 1% make for themselves – that they are possessed of unique intelligence or creativity or drive – are examples of the self-attribution fallacy.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Jesus.... it's like watching these people cause a train wreck in slow motion, and we're on the train.

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This guy tries so hard to be cool.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 63 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Drug addict hallucinates what?

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 44 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Vibe coded Operating System. And Office suite. And cloud offering. And Enterprise. And SaaS. And game console.

What could go wrong?

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

First thought: Well, usually i'd laugh, but it's microsoft, so this might actulally work

second thought: wait, Twitter also doesn't produce any hardware... why not start there?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait until Musk comes forward with the Macrohard GamerX series of consoles, to play AI slop games.

[–] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

And the circuitry and QA is also done by AI.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And here I thought the Windows 11 enshitification couldn't get worse.

Nobody should ever trust anything Musk wants them to install on their devices.

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, i will wait for it while I am travelling in the hyperloop

"It's not that hard! I swear" (Elon)

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 55 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I've said it before, early on he should have become reclusive and hired PR people to filter his ideas out to his companies and the public, and he'd be considered a prodigy and genius and wouldn't have the self-induced failures he does. But that goes against his narcissistic personality, so it wasn't going to happen.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 39 points 5 days ago

Annoys me that people sling "narcissist" at everyone they don't like, but damn, the man is hitting on all 8-cylinders for a diagnosis, and he only needs to hit 5:

  • Having a grandiose sense of self-importance, such as exaggerating achievements and talents, expecting to be recognized as superior even without commensurate achievements

  • Preoccupation with fantasies of success, power, beauty, and idealization

  • Belief in being "special" and that they can only be understood by or associated with other high-status people (or institutions)

  • Demanding excessive admiration

  • Sense of entitlement

  • Exploitation behaviors

  • Lack of empathy

  • Envy towards others or belief that others are envious of them Arrogant, haughty behaviors and attitudes [1]

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

IBM: Think
Apple: Think Different
Macrohard: Don't Think

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Shut the fuck up, Elon. Can't you just quietly enjoy being the richest person on Earth?

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[–] invictvs@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Microsoft is a very low bar tbh

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

So stupid that I can't even tell if an Onion article is real or not.

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

oh man i'm so glad this musk slop ended up on my feed without any real critical comment or insight, just some shitty link and misleading headline

thanks OP

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 13 points 4 days ago

I think he is just upset that South Park didn't have a parody of him with a small dick, yet

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