Musk and co should ask AI what defines intelligence. They may learn something

8 almost-exactly 3 7/5/2025, 2:39:28 PM observer.co.uk ↗

Comments (3)

unyttigfjelltol · 5h ago
Yes, LLMs provide a voice to the library. They transform a collection of written works a living, breathing thing. To go further-- a high-quality collection of works expresses general intelligence, and the LLM converts this into a dynamic general intelligence. It's not quite artificial because, after all, it's a library of writings created by natural intelligence, but the result most certainly is dynamic and interesting.
bell-cot · 5h ago
Misleading headline - but after a few para's, the article pretty much admits that Musk & Co.'s actual "AI" goals are keeping their giant egos on top of the white-hot hype heap, and keeping their $billions flowing. Either credibly defining intelligence, or focusing on building something that qualifies, would run contrary to those goals.
bgwalter · 5h ago
Also, xAI bought X:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/29/elon-musk...

And now xAI gets refinancing:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/elon-musk-xai-raises-10-bill...

The Saudi investors who lost a lot of money on X still believe in Musk's "AI" efforts, at least in public (see Tucker Carlson interview with one of the princes). So it's better to keep up the hype and sell them additional GPU data centers.