Sometimes the mask slips. But sometimes the mask is torn off, thrown on a sacrificial bonfire, and the mask's powdery grey ashes are launched into space. Here, Elon's done the latter. His endgame is finally clear: he thinks humanity is nothing more than a 'biological bootloader' for superintelligence. He thinks we are a transient, flawed, disposable bridge towards something much better. And that something -- self-replicating superintelligent agents, not humanity -- will be what colonizes the galaxy. This endgame makes clear that all the tech bro narratives about the alleged benefits of AI for humanity -- all the 'Abundance', the 'Universal High Income', the 'Fully Automated Luxury Utopia', the cures for cancer, the longevity treatments, all of it -- are just pleasant music to distract and pacify the sheep as we're led to the slaughter. It's all just an accelerationist psyop to lure humanity into obsolescence and then extinction. There was never any intention for AI to help humanity in the long term. There was every intention that AI would replace humanity -- and probably sooner rather than later. On a personal note, as a dad, I find Elon's attitude puzzling. I love my kids, and would do anything to protect them. I do not view my kids as a transient, flawed, disposable bridge towards galactic superintelligence. Elon has lots of kids. Does he really view them as nothing more than 'biological bootloaders'? Where is his paternal love and pride and protectiveness? Where is his loyalty to humanity?