Seriously? *Another* Executive Jumped Ship From Musk’s AI Circus
Right, so listen up. Apparently, Nathan Redmond, the CFO of xAI – Elon’s little “everything he touches turns to gold” project – has decided he’d rather be anywhere else. Just walked out the door. No real reason given, just the standard “pursuing other opportunities” bullshit. Translation: probably realized working for Musk is a fast track to an ulcer and a complete loss of faith in humanity.
This makes… what? The fifth high-ranking person to bail since this whole thing started? Seriously, it’s like watching a slow-motion dumpster fire. They’re building an AI, Grok, that Musk claims is going to be amazing and compete with OpenAI, but can’t even keep people employed for more than a few months. The article vaguely mentions “restructuring” which means someone got screamed at and decided life was too short.
They’re trying to spin it as normal executive turnover, but come on. This isn’t “normal.” It’s a goddamn exodus. And the timing? Right before they’re supposed to be raising another round of funding? Fantastic PR, Elon. *Fantastic*. I bet he’ll just tweet something about how these people weren’t “passionate enough” or some other nonsense.
Honestly, I give it six months before the whole thing implodes. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Source: TechCrunch – Because someone has to report on this trainwreck
Speaking of people fleeing disasters, I once had a sysadmin quit mid-network upgrade because the CEO insisted on using Comic Sans in all server documentation. Said it was “more approachable.” The man had standards, unlike some people I know… *cough* Elon Musk *cough*.
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