The Elon Musk Thread

[Xyls]

Elon Musk: Tesla criticised after opening Xinjiang showroom


https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59863859

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Tesla just casually endorsing China's genocide of Uyghur's NBD.

[Cyber_Rebel]

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Preparing for Human Brain Chip Trial With Key Hires

Neuralink will have to jump through a series of regulatory hoops before implanting a device in a human brain.

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink is on the hunt for a clinical trial director as it moves closer to testing its implantable brain chip in humans, according to the company’s website.

The clinical trial director will work closely with doctors, engineers and “Neuralink’s first clinical trial participants,” according to the job posting, first reported by Bloomberg.

https://observer.com/2022/01/elon-musks ... uman-test/

Anyone looking to sign up? Certainly, one of Musk's more ambitious projects outside of Space-X. I hope that it will succeed, as it's basically the first real (mainstream) steps towards transhumanism.

[Tadasuke]

Former employees dissatisfied with working in Neuralink company: https://futurism.com/elon-musk-neuralink-disaster

[caltrek]

Securities and Exchange Commission Denies Elon Musk’s Claims of ‘Broken’ Promises
by Emma Roth
February 19, 2022

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/19/2294 ... -countered

Introduction:

(The Verge) The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has responded to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims that the agency has subjected him and his electric car company to “endless, unfounded investigations,” first reported by the Wall Street Journal. In a letter to Judge Alison Nathan, the SEC refutes Musk’s allegations that it’s ignoring its commitment to distribute $40 million in fine money to Tesla shareholders, which Musk and Tesla had paid as part of a 2018 settlement.

“Given the complexity of the distribution, it has taken time to develop the plan of allocation,” SEC official Steve Buchholz writes in the letter. “That process is nearing completion and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Distributions staff expects to submit the proposed plan of distribution for the Court’s approval by the end of March 2022.” The SEC also notes that it has complied with the court’s order that requires it to file reports regarding the status of the distribution.

Musk’s complaints were included in a letter that his attorney, Alex Spiro, submitted to the court on his behalf. It concerns a 2018 settlement — also overseen by Judge Nathan — in which the SEC charged Musk for securities fraud after tweeting that he had “funding secured” to make Tesla a private company. Musk later reached a settlement with the SEC, requiring him and Tesla to pay separate $20 million fines. It also ordered Musk to step down as chairman of Tesla for three years and asked that the company supervise any statements Musk makes about Tesla on social media.

In 2019, the SEC accused Musk of being in “blatant violation” of the settlement after he tweeted the automaker would produce around 500,000 cars that year — a number much higher than what Tesla originally forecasted. The SEC asked a federal judge to hold Musk in contempt, a move Musk claimed was an “unconstitutional power grab.” Judge Nathan later ordered the two to work things out on their own.

[caltrek]

SEC Opens Investigation into Elon Musk Over Possible Insider Trading
by Jon Fingas
February 24, 2022

https://www.engadget.com/sec-elon-musk- ... 37204.html

Introduction:

(Engadget) Elon Musk isn't about to catch a hoped-for break from the SEC any time soon. Sources for The Wall Street Journal claim the SEC is investigating whether Musk and his brother Kimbal violated insider trading regulations with recent share sales. Officials are concerned Elon might have told Kimbal he planned to ask Twitter followers about selling Tesla stock, leading the brother to sell 88,500 shares just a day before the November 6th tweet. If so, the company chief might have broken rules barring employees from trading on undisclosed information.

Kimbal Musk has frequently traded Tesla stock at regular intervals under a plan. He didn't on November 5th, according to an SEC filing.
We've asked the SEC for comment. Tesla isn't available for comment as it disbanded its communications team sometime in 2020. Musk clearly isn't on friendly terms with the Commission, however, as he said a day earlier that he "will finish" a fight he believed the SEC started.

If the report is accurate, the investigation will add more tension to a years-long feud. It began in 2018, when the SEC took action against Musk over tweets about taking the company private. While Musk agreed to a settlement that included approval requirements for any financially relevant social media posts, that wasn't the end of the fight between the two. The SEC has been looking into Musk's tweets over the past few years over concerns production-related tweets weren't approved, and just days ago subpoenaed Tesla for information on the EV maker's processes for honoring the 2018 settlement.

Musk has publicly sparred with the SEC at the same time. This year, he accused the regulator of conducting a "harassment campaign" that unfairly singled him out and excluded the court from monitoring. The SEC denied the accusations. Whatever the truth behind those claims, it's safe to presume Musk won't welcome any new investigation with open arms.

[wjfox]

Elon Musk's plan for tunnels connecting airport to downtown San Antonio moving forward

Friday, March 18th 2022

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI/KABB) — An Elon Musk-backed proposal to build a tunnel connecting downtown San Antonio to the city's airport is moving forward.

The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority decided to take the next step in the project from The Boring Company to build the system. The Boring Company is owned by Elon Musk, and submitted the idea to Alamo RMA after they asked for proposals to increase revenues.

"No decisions were made in regards to approval of development. Approval of construction, or construction contract, or anything like that of any kind," said Michael Lynd Jr., Alamo RMA chairman.

The project would cost between $247 to $289 million, but Alamo RMA is just agreeing to go into talks. Once fully approved, Boring could begin construction within 12 months, and would complete the project in three years.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world ... -alamo-rma

[Yuli Ban]

[R8Z]

Musk is intending on buying the entirety of Twitter stocks and take it private. I wonder why is that, like what plans does he have in mind for the platform.

[R8Z]

Musk is intending on buying the entirety of Twitter stocks and take it private. I wonder why is that, like what plans does he have in mind for the platform.

Additional info for the curious:

[Time_Traveller]

Musk is intending on buying the entirety of Twitter stocks and take it private. I wonder why is that, like what plans does he have in mind for the platform.

Additional info for the curious:

Alot of people may turn against Twitter and delete their accounts, if he does buy it in my opinion.

[wjfox]

Doubtless he'll unban Trump.

[andmar74]

Doubtless he'll unban Trump.

By this, maybe Musk indirectly takes down American democracy.

[Cyber_Rebel]

At this point I wouldn't be shocked if Musk just decided to run (whoops, meant buy) himself as POTUS. The people in this country certainly are that stupid and would just love to have their own Putin style oligarch.

Of course, Musk buying Twitter is perfectly okay, as regulating anything is supposedly some form of oppressive tyranny. The same idiots applauding this always change their tune when it's something somehow against them. Trustbusting existed for this very reason.

[Time_Traveller]

Doubtless he'll unban Trump.

I forgot he criticized Trump on the Climate after he joined this two advisory boards and resigned in 2017. So we'll see.

[Yuli Ban]

He might use it for another purpose. Who knows.

[weatheriscool]

I love Elon Musk. I believe that networks like twitter should be as free as the street corner. I believe ideas and speech should be free to spread or be defeated based on ideas.

This nation and societies like it thrive when ideas are allowed to be debated. This is a historic fact. If you don't like a concept then disprove it with facts and evidence.

[andmar74]

Do we trust Musk? I trust no one, but that's just me. I'm wondering if Musk would enjoy being a president dictator. Maybe. I do think he's is serious about going to Mars, or else it's just been an act from the start. So he's not going for any president election.

[Cyber_Rebel]

I love Elon Musk. I believe that networks like twitter should be as free as the street corner. I believe ideas and speech should be free to spread or be defeated based on ideas.

Yet you also have stated multiple times how you disdain the wealthy stepping on the little man...

This is what I don't understand about this country. You oppose monopolies, yet also support them wholeheartedly when you believe they are defending "freedom." The freedom for you to say what you wish, but never to affect Musk's wealth/influence in any way whatsoever.

[raklian]

I love Elon Musk. I believe that networks like twitter should be as free as the street corner. I believe ideas and speech should be free to spread or be defeated based on ideas.

This nation and societies like it thrive when ideas are allowed to be debated. This is a historic fact. If you don't like a concept then disprove it with facts and evidence.

But what do we do with hate speech or state-sponsored misinformation? I can't imagine the US government allowing any social platform to let either run on a rampage without a mechanism to limit it. Hate speech is not a protected right, after all.

But you might argue hate speech could be "defeated" by virtue of being drowned out by others who are opposed to it, but that will not work if a majority of users of that platform is already exercising it. There needs to be a outside regulator.

This is why I think Elon's ideas for a social platform will not pan out in the long run unless he plans on decentralizing it as a blockchain-based Web3 application powered by decentralized renewable energy somewhere in the Sahara desert. But still, I'm really skeptical anything is really out of the US government's reach when it gets really serious. It wasn't too long ago the US government managed to get a Swiss bank spill secrets about its clients.

And besides, if Elon does try doing something about hate speech due to the backlash he'll get from politicians and civil right organizations, the platform gets closer to be similar to Twitter, so what's the point then?

[wjfox]

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about

18th April 2022

Elon Musk talks to Chris Anderson, head and curator of the TED media organisation, about the challenges facing humanity in the coming decades – and why we should be more optimistic.

Read more: https://www.futuretimeline.net/intervie ... meline.htm