Some love him, some can't stand him. Some think he might be "on the spectrum". Others (including myself), think that Elon Musk is a very rare talent which only comes along once in a blue moon. Here is my take on Elon - he is the world's greatest innovator. Hands down. And it is not just in one field. He is changing the landscape of America. Of some of the world. He is a visionary whose vision sees way beyond the fog of human doubt. Is America lucky to have this guy? Oh, is so many ways.
He has grasped onto this AI thing like crazy. That is besides his dabbling in SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, Boring Company, Neuralink, just to name a few. He has the ability to see opportunities which others have walked away from (because they were hard or impossible) and turning them into gold. Maybe that is why he is on track to become the world's first trillionaire.
His latest gig is really amazing. He has already launched Grok, and Grokopedia (Elon's new search engine), and has built an AI supercomputer named Colossus - but that was not enough for Elon. He has an itch which needs to be scratched, and he has now set the wheels moving in doing so. He is after Microsoft. His new product will be call Macrohard (just to poke Microsoft in the eye a bit), and if successful, it will change the world of IT - forever.
Why dabble in Microsoft's back yard? I mean, Microsoft employees over 200,000 people and is in many different countries. Why not just stick to space and Tesla? Because Elon is one of those rare birds who is always looking to build a better mousetrap. It is because of the 200,000 employees at Microsoft, Musk thinks he can do better. How so? Maybe, which just AI doing everything at Macrohard. Better, quicker, cheaper. And he is convinced he can do it.
Even though Macrohard is still in the development stage, the entire IT/AI industry has taken notice of this event. Why? If Musk is successful, it will change everything for ever more in IT/AI. Software which writes itself, fixes itself, improves itself - with nary a human close by. Why isn't the IT/AI industry just laughing at Musk and wishing him "good luck"? Why not? Because Musk has shown the world, again and again, he loves doing hard or impossible things.
With Elon Musk, I am reminded of that old saying - "Some men look at things which are and ask why? Others look at what could have been and ask why not." Elon is the "why not" type of guy. I would love it if more young people in our country would imitate or emulate Elon Musk. As for me, an old guy, I am just going to sit back and watch the show. And what a show it is!
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