> “In principle, given that software companies like Microsoft do not themselves manufacture any physical hardware, it should be possible to simulate them entirely with AI,” he added.
Those are big words coming from the "I can make you car drive itself without LIDAR" guy. In principle a lot of things are true, but a government contractor ought to know better than to write off Microsoft.
PaulHoule•5mo ago
He can outdo Microsoft when it comes to bad mergers. Beating Activision is hard, but he did it with X.
I'll add also that Azure makes Microsoft really a hardware company in a big way, though xAI has data centers to. Azure's business is cloudy and invisible and doesn't look like hardware but it is, it is definitely a CAPEX thing.
pavel_lishin•5mo ago
I love that he thought of the same joke all of us did when we were 14.
But what exactly is this new company going to be making?
JohnFen•5mo ago
If it's like most of his ventures, it'll just be making a lot of ridiculous promises.
Rebelgecko•5mo ago
IIRC it was also the name of Microsoft's StarCraft team at one point
al2o3cr•5mo ago
Extra funny from a guy with a dick allegedly broken from failed enlargement surgery...
bigyabai•5mo ago
Those are big words coming from the "I can make you car drive itself without LIDAR" guy. In principle a lot of things are true, but a government contractor ought to know better than to write off Microsoft.
PaulHoule•5mo ago
I'll add also that Azure makes Microsoft really a hardware company in a big way, though xAI has data centers to. Azure's business is cloudy and invisible and doesn't look like hardware but it is, it is definitely a CAPEX thing.