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Raymond J. de Souza: Elon Musk's unglorious moment

Fresh off his quest to cut aid to the poorest people in the world, he's now taking aim at Canadian Confederation

Even for the world’s premiere celebrity entrepreneur, Elon Musk is having something of a moment.

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He was on the cover The Economist’s special summer issue over the headline, “Should you be afraid of Elon Musk?”

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When U.S. President Donald Trump invited the would-be, perhaps-already-are, gods of artificial intelligence to the White House, Musk was seated directly at the president’s side. The convened tech titans signed a “morally binding” declaration to use, more or less, AI for good things, not bad.

To have Trump preside over the making of moral commitments showed something of a sense of humour. To rely on the moral commitments of the same people who have devoted impressive ingenuity and massive marketing into products that intentionally seek to addict their customers, including children, is less funny.

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