Elon Musk and Bill Maher reached an agreement on Friday real time on HBO. Both are damned if they do and damned if they don’t, for various controversies.
After a lengthy recap of Musk’s various business ventures, Maher said he knows Musk is doing well because he does things with a sense of humor, unlike Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who Maher said he is not even sure himself if he is a real boy.
The Twitter handle, in turn, admitted he’s a longtime fan of Maher’s and was even once in the show’s live audience.
“I had both,” Maher said. “We’re called conservatives, but they haven’t really changed.”
Musk agreed. “I consider myself a moderate,” he sums up his performance with electric vehicles, high-capacity batteries and solar power. “It’s not quite right.”
They agreed that the problem stems from being vigilant, which is “the opposite of generosity,” Maher said.
Musk noted that freedom of speech used to be a left-liberal value. “Now we’re seeing a desire to actually censor.” He added, “We should be very concerned about anything that undermines the First Amendment.” Musk added that the trend goes beyond national borders. “Many parts of the world that you think are comparable to the US have draconian speech laws in place.”
Freedom of speech, Musk said, is only relevant “if it’s someone you don’t like. If you like it, it’s easy.” Proponents of censorship, he noted, should be aware “that it can eventually turn against you.”
Maher asked when the “wake mind virus” started.
“It’s been brewing for a long time,” Musk said. “It’s been going on for a while. The level of indoctrination in schools surpasses many parents. The experience we have (now) in high school and college is not what we had. And not for ten or twenty years. The parents do not know what is taught or not taught.”
Maher said he stopped tweeting because of the gang of “bad girls” who attack anything that moves. Musk advised to ignore it. “That’s easy for you to talk about,” Maher replied. “They can’t take your job away from you.”
Then they turned to AI, or artificial intelligence. Musk spoke out in his calls for a moratorium on its development, citing the potential dangers. “If it’s a potential threat, there should be a regulatory body that oversees that[ontwikkelaars]not cutting corners,” Musk said.
The panel portion of the show saw Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group and author of The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World And Konstantin Kisin, co-host of YouTube show and podcast TRIGGERnometry and author of An immigrant’s declaration of love for the West.
They discussed Tucker Carlson’s recent demise with Fox and Joe Biden’s decision to rejoin, which Maher strongly endorsed, much to Kisin’s chagrin.
Maher’s closing New Rules editorial focused on California Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose absence from duty, reduced capacity and general confusion has been defended by some as an attack on women.
“Stop trying to turn Feinstein into a feminist crusade,” Maher said. “It’s not about plumbing, it’s about their wiring.”
Source: Deadline
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