Elon Musk has been hailed as a tech visionary, but more recently he's served to shine a negative ... [+] spotlight on Tesla and the tech industry more generally. Last week, Facebook’s head of AI Jerome Pesenti tweeted that Elon Musk "has no idea what he’s talking about when he talks about AI." As he says in a reply tweet, when it comes to issues raised by AI, Elon Musk "talks about the wrong ones (machines taking over) distracting us from the real issues (e.g. For instance, a number of AI industry insiders spoke to CNBC last week, expressing very similar views. As argued by Edmunds automotive analyst Jessica Caldwell, many women may find Elon Musk’s brash persona objectionable.

Source: Forbes May 18, 2020 15:27 UTC