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The Culture series
Iain M. Banks
“I'd recommend ... It's worth reading those”
“I'd recommend um the Ian Banks books called the the culture books. It's like ai sci-fi books about the future. It's worth reading those.”— Elon Musk
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Grok
xAI (Elon Musk)
“So with Grock, we've tried very hard to to for to get Grock to get to the truth of things and ... some breakthroughs on that front.”— Elon Musk
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XChat
X (Elon Musk)
“on on X we just rebuilt the entire messaging stack um into X what's called XChat. ... it's it's I think very good encryption.”— Elon Musk
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Tesla Cybertruck
Tesla (Elon Musk)
“the Cybert truck, the the uh can uh clear a quarter mile while towing a Porsche 911 faster than a Porsche 911. It can out tow an F350 diesel.”— Elon Musk
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Tesla Roadster
Tesla (Elon Musk)
“I think it has a shot at being the most memorable um product unveil ever. ... it's crazier than anything James Bond.”— Elon Musk
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Grok Imagine
xAI (Elon Musk)
“people have made uh AI videos using Grock imagine and ... that are several minutes long or like 10 15 minutes and it's pretty coherent.”— Joe Rogan
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Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks
“like he wrote the the like his first book, Consider Flever. Like he started writing that in the 70s.”— Elon Musk
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Metropolis
Fritz Lang (inferred)
“What is that ancient science fiction movie? ... Is it Metropolis? ... That looks like it belongs in Metropolis.”— Joe Rogan
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Ready Player One
Ernest Cline (inferred)
“Ready Player One. >> Yeah. Literally. Yeah. But with higher living standards.”— Joe Rogan
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
“it's it's uh you know it's it's worm tongue for the world. um you know like Worm Tongue from Lord of the Rings”— Elon Musk
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