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Elon Musk Wanted to Buy 'The Onion,' Now His Team's Hiring Its Staffers for a Secret Project
Daily Beast ^ | 03/13/2018 | Maxwell Tani

Posted on 03/13/2018 7:35:47 PM PDT by cba123

(please note, this article is NOT from the Onion)

Early in February, the satirical news publication The Onion published a story about Elon Musk, titled, “Elon Musk Offering $1.2 Billion in Grants to Any Project That Promises to Make Him Feel Complete.”

(please see the full article, at the link)


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: dailybeast; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; musk; spacex; theonion; wob
(heading from the article)

The billionaire considered buying ‘The Onion’ years ago, The Daily Beast confirmed, and now a Musk-financed team is hiring the satire outlet’s staffers for a secret new project.

1 posted on 03/13/2018 7:35:47 PM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-wanted-to-buy-the-onion-now-hes-poaching-its-staffers-for-a-secret-project?ref=scroll


2 posted on 03/13/2018 7:36:16 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123
Here you go Elon:

I will accept cash or a bank transfer.

3 posted on 03/13/2018 7:47:49 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: cba123
The Daily Beast confirmed

That carries less weight then which litter box my cats chose to use.
4 posted on 03/13/2018 7:47:53 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: cba123

What is Musk’s political persuasion?

I’m thinking he’s mostly for George Washington but seriously...


5 posted on 03/13/2018 7:54:33 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

I think he’s strictly 50/50.

He is quite pro-American, but then again he has several citizenships. He was a member for a while of the Trump administration, but then resigned over something or other.

I believe he donates, supports, and works with politicians of both political parties. Completely.


6 posted on 03/13/2018 8:15:21 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

Why doesn’t this billionaire feel complete?


7 posted on 03/13/2018 8:17:37 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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To: Beowulf9

I (suspect) he may have decided having a position with the Trump administration, might have lead in some future administration to a difficult position.

Unlike so many people in the public eye, Musk seems very serious about not being political.


8 posted on 03/13/2018 8:22:04 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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He was not a “member” of the Trump admin. — he was on an advisory committee of executives, very part-time and volunteer, not like being in the administration.


9 posted on 03/13/2018 9:41:38 PM PDT by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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Musk is a looter.

A visionary perhaps, but he robs you to achieve most of his goals.

He usually finagles LOTS of taxpayer dollars for his projects, in one way or another.


10 posted on 03/13/2018 9:55:11 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: cba123

He wants to teach an AI how to recognize satirical humor, and eventually how to be satirically funny - a crucial milestone in the development of AI capable of convincingly mimicking a human and having “personal” interactions.

In humans, the ability to recognize good satire correlates strongly with IQ. Meaning this is pretty advanced stuff, as you would expect from Musk.


11 posted on 03/14/2018 3:58:32 AM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: Cats Pajamas
Why doesn’t this billionaire feel complete?

Because it was written by the Onion........

12 posted on 03/14/2018 4:02:20 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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