
Elon Musk
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This tweet 9 years ago was how I started the Autopilot, now AI, team at Tesla. Ashok, who now leads the team, was the first person I interviewed. Milan, who leads Optimus, also joined very early. Many of the key people in Tesla AI have been there from the beginning.

Ramping up the Autopilot software team at Tesla to achieve generalized full autonomy. If interested, contact [email protected].
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Elon Musk's nostalgia for Tesla's AI origins triggered a modest but telling crypto ripple, proving even his throwbacks have market-moving power. ETH saw a gradual climb: up 0.13% in 1 minute, 0.18% in 5, and 0.43% in 10, a stark contrast to last year’s similar post that sent ETH down 0.08% over the same period. DOGE, ever the loyal sidekick, inched up 0.24% to 0.69%—no surprises there, though the lack of actual price change in the data suggests either rounding errors or a very bored trader. GORK wobbled between minor losses and gains, because apparently even Musk’s sentimental musings can’t decide if it’s a buy or sell. Volatility here was tame compared to Tesla’s usual stock swings, where a single typo can erase billions. Crypto’s reaction? More like a polite golf clap than a stadium roar. Nothing says "market efficiency" like Dogecoin moving on a nine-year-old tweet while GORK investors scratch their heads.