“The Torment Nexus has so many applications in entertainment and use in therapy we could just not ignore this and had to make it a reality. And now, with our patented Torture ad integration technologies, advertisement is brought to a new level, a whole order of magnitude beyond what was possible before. The API to use this and our subscription service will go live at midnight, but pre-order is available right now!”
I certainly won’t trust Musk even as far as I can throw him with such stuff.
I suspect that he doesn’t read dyspotic science fiction novels as cautionary tale but as an instruction booklet.
“The Torment Nexus has so many applications in entertainment and use in therapy we could just not ignore this and had to make it a reality. And now, with our patented Torture ad integration technologies, advertisement is brought to a new level, a whole order of magnitude beyond what was possible before. The API to use this and our subscription service will go live at midnight, but pre-order is available right now!”
Unironically Palantir
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale.
Elon Musk: At long last, I have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel “Don’t create the Torment Nexus”.
A recent article by Charles Stross says exactly this and explores the dangers it presents.
Let’s hope Elongated Muskrat (or any other techbro) never reads I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream in that case