Elon Musk's xAI built a 100,000-GPU supercluster in just 19 days - normally takes years

[rmcrys]

I worked for another 2 years and was the top performing employee for the the period. Salary was meager, got no real bonuses. After two years someone noticed my talent and I got an offer for 10x the salary I was earning at the time.

…
Take pride in your work and life will offer you opportunities, even if bosses are bad bosses.

Be well,

So basically you are saying that, despite a meager salary and no bonus, people should work very hard year after year and life will offer you opportunities.

That is a company owner’s talk: low wage, hard work and it’ll take you far.

Sorry, that doesn’t stick even if you try to glue it! I can give you 100 names from people that did that all their lives and went nowhere but the basic salary/rank. Why? Exploitation. “Why pay more if he works hard with a low salary?”

I would agree if you said “if you don’t go anywhere and you are good and motivated, open your OWN company and you’ll succeed!”. Most cases succeed hard and fast. But working for other people, hard and nice, most of the time won’t get you much higher. Eventually in some niche markets and companies…

I give you my example: I worked on many companies, hard, I’m very good at what I do and I never got a raise if I didn’t ask for it (with a lot of pressure); I was asked if I could do more responsibility tasks (which require much more effort and time) but earning the same, with a “promise” that I would get rewarded. Which I didn’t and not until I left for another company, people didn’t make an offer. Then yes, but it was too late. That happened to me and many people I know. Who climbs fast? Those that are buddies from the boss , just sign papers and play golf. Those get a lot of money, they chief you and tell you that you have to work hard (with the same payment).

So, unless my contract says I’ll be rewarded and that I’ll get a good payment if dismissed, I won’t work there. Work hard with a “maybe”? No thank you. 99% chance you’ll get nowhere.

 

[captaincranky]

Yeah, there are "publicity stunts" and then there are World Stunts.
Like when Man landed on the moon, or caught a rocket from space, or give birth to an Ai machine from proprietary parts in less than a month.

That's very true. But a lot of Musk groupies are under the impression that Musk caught that booster with his bare hands. For that matter, more than likely, so is he.

Secondly, do you think the band members care how much overtime they are getting.... when they get royalties? Or they are on stage with their lead Star...?

As "false equivalencies" go, this takes the cake. What you're saying in effect, is that every time this apparatus is used, the people who built it will receive a check. Not only that but, "their heirs, their assigns, per stirpes, will receive "royalties", after the participants have passed away, until a period of 95 years has passed.

(It's referred to as the "Sonny Bono copyright extension act". Look it up)

Never mind, I did it for you:

President Bill Clinton signed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 on October 27, 1998. From 2019 onwards, works published in a given year enter the public domain at the end of the 95th calendar year after publication.

Copyright Term Extension Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Now, what about the Musk propelled sh*tshow that developed when Musk was forced not to renege on his offer to buy Twitter? What with half the workers being terminated, without any severance, after Muck proudly strolled in with "the kitchen sink", cameras blazing away. And you're going to try and tell me that, " he's a "good boss, one who "has your back"?

You would be better off investigating a fictional character by the name of "Simon Legree".

Now, the building was there, the PSU was there, the cables were likely laid out on the floor, the server racks were most likely already bolted in place.So then, what's left to do? Other than screw in the GPUs, plug in the cables, install the OS, and give 'er the old boot up.

All that this amounts to is a big promotional boost for both Huang and Musk, along with being "industrial strength click bait", for the entire industry.

 

[m3tavision]

That's very true. But a lot of Musk groupies are under the impression that Musk caught that booster with his bare hands. For that matter, more than likely, so is he.

As "false equivalencies" go, this takes the cake. What you're saying in effect, is that every time this apparatus is used, the people who built it will receive a check. Not only that but, "their heirs, their assigns, per stirpes, will receive "royalties", after the participants have passed away, until a period of 95 years has passed.

(It's referred to as the "Sonny Bono copyright extension act". Look it up)

Never mind, I did it for you:

President Bill Clinton signed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 on October 27, 1998. From 2019 onwards, works published in a given year enter the public domain at the end of the 95th calendar year after publication.

Copyright Term Extension Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Now, what about the Musk propelled sh*tshow that developed when Musk was forced not to renege on his offer to buy Twitter? What with half the workers being terminated, without any severance, after Muck proudly strolled in with "the kitchen sink", cameras blazing away. And you're going to try and tell me that, " he's a "good boss, one who "has your back"?

You would be better off investigating a fictional character by the name of "Simon Legree".

Now, the building was there, the PSU was there, the cables were likely laid out on the floor, the server racks were most likely already bolted in place.So then, what's left to do? Other than screw in the GPUs, plug in the cables, install the OS, and give 'er the old boot up.

All that this amounts to is a big promotional boost for both Huang and Musk, along with being "industrial strength click bait", for the entire industry.

lol^
You are truly a hater. You hate the fact that Elon's Musk's company with hand picked Engineers (whom have stock option and paid millions)... weren't getting overtime and probably didn't want to work under their superstar boss, or near him...

Is like saying that Led Zeppelin didn't want to hang around Robert Plant, or didn't want to be on stage with him...!

Hence Elon Musk is a Super Star and nothing you say and no amount of your hatred will change that. But I suggest you look into why you think like you do and what misinformation is leading you towards disliking someone.



Lastly, and again it seems you hate because you are misinformed.
Everyone in the world knows (even b4 Elon fired anyone), that they would all get 3-Months severance pay. Elon fired over 3k people who essentially had no value to the company other than to moderate and censor things these twerps didn't like. They were essentially paid social justice warriors and Elon outed many of them, when it was noted that almost all of them had second and 3rd Twitter accounts.

Essentially they were a paid SJW bot-farm who stampeded any Ideology they didn't like, or wasn't getting paid political points to promote.


So chew on some facts and real information before you go out hating on Elon for thinking he scammed people out of their pay.

 

[m3tavision]

It's the tech media bragging about it. No one is dismissing all the work that went into it, but if the project "normally takes years" then it's just not adding up. Either the "takes years" is wrong or there was a lot of prep before whatever clock started. No one is dismissing the work was actually done, this story is all about Elon instead of the people who actually worked the long hours while likely not getting fairly compensated for the work they've done. Elon's name shouldn't have been mentioned unless he was running cables and typing out labels.

These workers aren't getting royalties. They are just expendable components in a machine.

Why did the time it took even matter?

You obviously do not know what an engineering team is, nor even understand how you hand pick each person for their specific field and need & how even assembling such a task force is a feat...

Yet, you want all of us to believe that Elon is a hands off guy who is not informed and doesn't make decisions and doesn't know how to coach his engineers.

And should not even be mentioned... ?



Now tell us about Jensen Huang and how he doesn't do anything within his companies, either.

 

[monkeylove]

You do understand that was not Elon Musk bragging about his accomplishments... it was Jensen Huang, CEO of nVidia.

Yeah, there are "publicity stunts" and then there are World Stunts.
Like when Man landed on the moon, or caught a rocket from space, or give birth to an Ai machine from proprietary parts in less than a month.


Secondly, do you think the band members care how much overtime they are getting.... when they get royalties? Or they are on stage with their lead Star...?

Being on point/pinnacle takes a lot of work and dedication that you are blindly dismissing, bcz you speak for an ideologic standpoint, not a human one.

Huang was praising Musk.

 

[captaincranky]

Essentially they were a paid SJW bot-farm who stampeded any Ideology they didn't like, or wasn't getting paid political points to promote.

But yet, after Musk got rid of the, "SJW bot farm", as you call it, Twitter's advertisers fled right along with them. Well they can just "go f**k themselves", now can't they?

But ATM, Musk's lips are so firmly planted on Trump's smelly a**, that's reason aplenty to hate on him, big time.Do you think he might be lobbying for even more taxpayer's money than he's already gotten in the past?

As for the picture you posted, that's sort off like a "wedding group photo". Do you really imagine those bridesmaids are that fond of one another? Of course you do.

At the end of the day, "haters gonna hate", and "fanbois gonna drool" How about if we leave it at that?

 

[m3tavision]

But yet, after Musk got rid of the, "SJW bot farm", as you call it, Twitter's advertisers fled right along with them. Well they can just "go f**k themselves", now can't they?

But ATM, Musk's lips are so firmly planted on Trump's smelly a**, that's reason aplenty to hate on him, big time.Do you think he might be lobbying for even more taxpayer's money than he's already gotten in the past?

As for the picture you posted, that's sort off like a "wedding group photo". Do you really imagine those bridesmaids are that fond of one another? Of course you do.

At the end of the day, "haters gonna hate", and "fanbois gonna drool" How about if we leave it at that?

Once again, you are pedaling misinformation.

EVERYONE in the world knows about Media Matters lawsuit and how they faked and promoted fake Twitter Ad placements.. then went on a media tour calling other Advertisers to not use Twitter... in a Hoax that THEY created.

How do you not know this... this a year ago .!

( https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/elon-musks-x-corp-will-file-thermo-nuclear/ )

Again, you should be more informed or seek new source of News, if you are so late to the party all the time. Even more so is what X/Titter uncovered in the Media Matters filing opened up a bigger can of illegal worms with GARM and an even bigger lawsuit that will shake the Advertising Industry..




Sadly, it does seem you are angry and upset at Elon because he cares about all Humans and your ideology does not allow for it. Therefor it seems like you have to disparage Elon, because he is such a great Human who happened to shined a light on SJW bot farms.

I would like to further note that (in that previous picture of Elon's Engineering team that did the unthinkable), YOU are still dismissing them and those people as stupid and you believe they do not want to be in a room with Elon, nor want to work overtime because its' for Elon....
... all of that hatred you spew is in your head. Not real.


Those Engineers will carry that accomplishment with them the rest of their lives, it's like winning the superbowl of engineering feats...

 

[dmatheson]

Musk makes me want to throw up. I think this is the same place they got into trouble for polluting in a poor neighborhood in TN...if not I wouldn't be surprised that they'd taken similar liberties among vulnerable populations...

https://www.reuters.com/business/en...on,center without obtaining necessary permits.

 

[captaincranky]

Once again, you are pedaling misinformation.

EVERYONE in the world knows about Media Matters lawsuit and how they faked and promoted fake Twitter Ad placements.. then went on a media tour calling other Advertisers to not use Twitter... in a Hoax that THEY created.

How do you not know this... this a year ago .!

( https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/elon-musks-x-corp-will-file-thermo-nuclear/ )

Again, you should be more informed or seek new source of News, if you are so late to the party all the time. Even more so is what X/Titter uncovered in the Media Matters filing opened up a bigger can of illegal worms with GARM and an even bigger lawsuit that will shake the Advertising Industry..




Sadly, it does seem you are angry and upset at Elon because he cares about all Humans and your ideology does not allow for it. Therefor it seems like you have to disparage Elon, because he is such a great Human who happened to shined a light on SJW bot farms.

I would like to further note that (in that previous picture of Elon's Engineering team that did the unthinkable), YOU are still dismissing them and those people as stupid and you believe they do not want to be in a room with Elon, nor want to work overtime because its' for Elon....
... all of that hatred you spew is in your head. Not real.


Those Engineers will carry that accomplishment with them the rest of their lives, it's like winning the superbowl of engineering feats...

Well, you can say anything you want on "X", unless of course it's about Musk, then you're possibly banned.

So Musk tells his advertisers to "F**k off", and now he;s in court whimpering how, "they abandoned me without cause". That's a bit disingenuous don'tcha think?

But tell me, do you think I could ever hope to become a rabidly slavering fanbois of his, if I'd be willing to listen to "reason"?

Maybe, but only after hell freezes over.

 

[m3tavision]

Well, you can say anything you want on "X", unless of course it's about Musk, then you're possibly banned.

So Musk tells his advertisers to "F**k off", and now he;s in court whimpering how, "they abandoned me without cause". That's a bit disingenuous don'tcha think?

But tell me, do you think I could ever hope to become a rabidly slavering fanbois of his, if I'd be willing to listen to "reason"?

Maybe, but only after hell freezes over.

Sir..

Free speech should be had everywhere, just not on one platform. You seemed so scared and fearful and I am truly sorry that are afraid of transparency/debate and continue to attempt to mock someone with known lies. You can't even say you are sorry or acknowledge you've been misled, just more hate.

I am sure Elon is not perfect, but even when You were provided facts, your inability to self-check and step back from your erroneous comments are awfully telling. So illustrative of how closely you must cling to "the narrative" to hold your bubble together.

I am so Sorry that Free Speech, Transparency & debate stifles you.

 

[captaincranky]

Sir..

Free speech should be had everywhere, just not on one platform. You seemed so scared and fearful and I am truly sorry that are afraid of transparency/debate and continue to attempt to mock someone with known lies. You can't even say you are sorry or acknowledge you've been misled, just more hate.

I am sure Elon is not perfect, but even when You were provided facts, your inability to self-check and step back from your erroneous comments are awfully telling. So illustrative of how closely you must cling to "the narrative" to hold your bubble together.

I am so Sorry that Free Speech, Transparency & debate stifles you.

What exactly am I lying about? Did Musk tell his advertisers to "F**koff", or not? Is he suing because he's butthurt over them leaving, or not?

By many accounts, "X" is a cesspool of hate speech, masquerading as "free speech". But of course you'll claim that's, "fine and dandy, even the way it should be".

Trump has been credited with telling over 30,000 lies while in office, yet his+ cult members will claim every word out of his mouth is "gospel".

Nowadays, "the truth" seems to reside with he who spoke last. Then there are two truths, yours and mine.

So, I guess now it's "your turn" to tell it........

 

[m3tavision]

What exactly am I lying about? Did Musk tell his advertisers to "F**koff", or not? Is he suing because he's butthurt over them leaving, or not?

By many accounts, "X" is a cesspool of hate speech, masquerading as "free speech". But of course you'll claim that's, "fine and dandy, even the way it should be".

Trump has been credited with telling over 30,000 lies while in office, yet his+ cult members will claim every word out of his mouth is "gospel".

Nowadays, "the truth" seems to reside with he who spoke last. Then there are two truths, yours and mine.

So, I guess now it's "your turn" to tell it........

Seriously, why are you asking such benign and ultra-factious questions when you were just made aware, that your narrative is based on misinformation.

Why are you asking questions about "f*ck-off" when the timeline and narrative you are suggesting, is based on lies. Who told you that Elon musk said that to Advertisers..?

Do you see now? (Your current Elon narrative is myth)



Secondly, understand that People telling you they do not like you or what you represent isn't "hate speech", even if it hurts someone's feelings. In public and in real life you learn to cope as you learn to converse and share ideas and debate.

Amazingly, You seem sore about Twitter and using Elon as a cudgel to combat free speech. I would only assume that you are from a communist nation and don't really care about 1st Amendment rights, etc.

Otherwise, you'd understand the merits of free speech.


Lastly, please don't hide behind free speech = hate speech schtick, bcz those people can't make fake accounts or have 2nd & 3rd accounts anymore on Twitter/X, now that accounts are tied to REAL PEOPLE and you can't make multiple accounts anonymously anymore. So hate speech is ultra-rare and it almost always comes from unhinged leftists using violence of hate speech for their "cause" and that is how they justify it.

Hate speech and those who spew hate speech don't last long on Twitter. Like hours..

 

[Northy]

I love the cognitive dissonance around Musk. Always fun to read the derp in the comments.

 

[captaincranky]

Seriously, why are you asking such benign and ultra-factious questions when you were just made aware, that your narrative is based on misinformation.

Why are you asking questions about "f*ck-off" when the timeline and narrative you are suggesting, is based on lies. Who told you that Elon musk said that to Advertisers..?

Do you see now? (Your current Elon narrative is myth)



Secondly, understand that People telling you they do not like you or what you represent isn't "hate speech", even if it hurts someone's feelings. In public and in real life you learn to cope as you learn to converse and share ideas and debate.

Amazingly, You seem sore about Twitter and using Elon as a cudgel to combat free speech. I would only assume that you are from a communist nation and don't really care about 1st Amendment rights, etc.

Otherwise, you'd understand the merits of free speech.


Lastly, please don't hide behind free speech = hate speech schtick, bcz those people can't make fake accounts or have 2nd & 3rd accounts anymore on Twitter/X, now that accounts are tied to REAL PEOPLE and you can't make multiple accounts anonymously anymore. So hate speech is ultra-rare and it almost always comes from unhinged leftists using violence of hate speech for their "cause" and that is how they justify it.

Hate speech and those who spew hate speech don't last long on Twitter. Like hours..

Look, I don't even have an "X" account. And trust me, the biggest purveyor of hate speech ATM is the Republican candidate for POTUS.

And if what you say is true, then I should be able to tell you straight up, I don't like you one bit, I'm sick of your endless pontificating on the supposed virtues of your hero Elon Musk.

Once upon a time, my low opinion of Musk was in the minority here. That's changing, and some former admirers have come over to "the dark side". here and elsewhere. We're sick, sore, and tired, of watching him cozying up to a diagnosable malignant narcissist, or "psychopath" if you prefer, for apparently nothing but personal gain.

In fact, Musk went on record with the news media in general saying, "if he (Trump) doesn't win, I'm screwed".

So, the unanswerable question remains, "is he doing this 'for mankind', or to become the worlds first trillionaire" ?

On an episode of "Criminal Minds", a man was brutally murdered in a high end corporate office. So, Det. Goren walks in and makes the observation, "this crime looks particularly brutal, like it was done by a sociopath". To which all the executives sitting around the table replied, "I guess we're all suspects then"?

Musk isn't doing any thing for the, "Good of mankind". Him and his ilk are all modern day Alexander the Greats, conquering not by force, but by sublimating and ingratiating themselves into society as a whole.

Have his companies achieved things, yes. Has he personally achieved "design excellence" with his Cybertruck? Not in a million years. Give a 3rd grader a block of soap, and that's what they might come up with.

You seem to be willing to overlook Musk's greed, arrogance, low brow showmanship, and lust for power, I'm adamantly not.

That's my opinion, and under your rules, I'm eminently entitled to it. You're not going to to change my mind, no matter how many times you try to have the last post_full stop.

Now, it is said, "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity". Yet here we are.........

....One post away from establishing yourself as the only person I've ever blocked in my entire 18 years of being a member at Techspot.

 

[Northy]

Hmm, so, the GENIUS you all worship (you know - the guy who bought a social media platform for $44 Billion and devalued it down to $17 Billion supposedly outperformed the industry, SINGLE-HANDEDLY - by about 1,000 to 1???

Sure... The OTHER option is that he's FULL OF **** AND LYING ABOUT HOW LONG HE AND 'HIS TEAM' HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS...

WAKE UP, DIUCHEBAGS ...

So does it bother you that after all of that he's still the richest asmhole on the planet?... lol

 

[captaincranky]

So does it bother you that after all of that he's still the richest asmhole on the planet?... lol

Sh*t all smells the same, whether it comes from a rich or poor a**hole. One exception might be if you've eaten too many Big Macs, or for that matter filet mignons . (carnivore poop smells the worst..)

Speaking for myself, I'm happy and pretty much stress free where I am. Would I like to have a personal jet, of course I would.

OTOH, would I like to deprive parasites like Joel Osteen of theirs? You betcha..!

 

[Northy]

I would like to buy my own social media company and trigger half of America by changing it from whatever political leanings it has to the opposite. Then call it freedom. Haha. It's a guaranteed clickfest.

Private Jet won't do though, I need a helipad out the back of my house, whizz me over to the mall or wherever whenever I feel like mixing with the great unwashed.

 

[captaincranky]

I would like to buy my own social media company and trigger half of America by changing it from whatever political leanings it has to the opposite. Then call it freedom. Haha. It's a guaranteed clickfest.

Private Jet won't do though, I need a helipad out the back of my house, whizz me over to the mall or wherever whenever I feel like mixing with the great unwashed.

Dude, I'm old. Techspot is more than enough of a clickfest for my taste.

BTW, that's a massively great idea...Yuge. How on earth did you possibly come up with that scam?

Malls are dying, they start out from a large metropolitan area, and spread outward, like ringworm. The next thing you know, you'll have one next to your mansion on a hill. Nobody will come, and you can sell your helicopter and buy a private jet.` Maybe they'll let you put a landing strip next to an Amazon warehouse.

"Great unwashed", huh? Watch it buster, I resemble that remark.

 

[monkeylove]

But yet, after Musk got rid of the, "SJW bot farm", as you call it, Twitter's advertisers fled right along with them. Well they can just "go f**k themselves", now can't they?

But ATM, Musk's lips are so firmly planted on Trump's smelly a**, that's reason aplenty to hate on him, big time.Do you think he might be lobbying for even more taxpayer's money than he's already gotten in the past?

As for the picture you posted, that's sort off like a "wedding group photo". Do you really imagine those bridesmaids are that fond of one another? Of course you do.

At the end of the day, "haters gonna hate", and "fanbois gonna drool" How about if we leave it at that?

According to Reuters, advertisers were leaving before Musk bought the company because their promoted tweets were being shown alongside those that supported pedophilia.

Meanwhile, the rest of the owners were threatening to sue Musk if he if backed out of the deal to buy the company, which was losing money almost every year.

Many critics argued for a move to Mastodon, which didn't work. Another report revealed that Mastodon is also one of the main platforms for pedophiles due to decentralization.

Finally, recently Jack Dorsey left Blue Sky and returned to Twitter.

 

[monkeylove]

I would like to buy my own social media company and trigger half of America by changing it from whatever political leanings it has to the opposite. Then call it freedom. Haha. It's a guaranteed clickfest.

Private Jet won't do though, I need a helipad out the back of my house, whizz me over to the mall or wherever whenever I feel like mixing with the great unwashed.

What were those political leanings?

 

[captaincranky]

According to Reuters, advertisers were leaving before Musk bought the company because their promoted tweets were being shown alongside those that supported pedophilia.

Meanwhile, the rest of the owners were threatening to sue Musk if he if backed out of the deal to buy the company, which was losing money almost every year.

Many critics argued for a move to Mastodon, which didn't work. Another report revealed that Mastodon is also one of the main platforms for pedophiles due to decentralization.

Finally, recently Jack Dorsey left Blue Sky and returned to Twitter.

OK, that makes no sense, the pedo thing, as Musk's big push was to get rid of all the SJWs that were overly moderating the forum, restricting, "free speech". (Not saying I'm right and I'm certain somebody will be here tomorrow to tell me I'm wrong).

And Musk did effectively get sued, as a fed court in Delaware wouldn't let him back out of the deal. Musk knew he screwed up, and tried to slink away offering something like a million bucks to quash the deal. And the fed told him, ah no you don't. no picking up tour money after the hand is dealt.

The consensus was that Musk was just running his yap, showing off with a grandiose offer that he never untended to go through with, and it came back to bite him in the a**.