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[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

Tesla Grok has no memory between drives.

You build a whole conversation.

Get out. Get back in. It has no idea who you are.

Fix:

End of the session, say:

Add this entire Tesla Grok session to Grok Bot. Save full context and title it [NAME].

Next drive:

Recall [NAME] from Grok Bot and continue where we left off.

Car Grok talks. Grok Bot remembers.

Try it on your next drive and reply if it worked.

@Tesla @grok @bot

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

The current administration already did this with Intel.

In 2025 it turned CHIPS Act funding into a 9.9% stake in the company (passive, no board seat). Similar equity or warrant positions have been taken in MP Materials, GlobalFoundries, and roughly 40 other strategic firms.

Minority government ownership of private companies for national-security reasons is no longer hypothetical—it’s current policy.

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

The looters are now calling for the nationalization of Grok

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

The current administration already did this with Intel.

In 2025 it turned CHIPS Act funding into a 9.9% stake in the company (passive, no board seat). Similar equity or warrant positions have been taken in MP Materials, GlobalFoundries, and roughly 40 other strategic firms.

Minority government ownership of private companies for national-security reasons is no longer hypothetical—it’s current policy.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

You fled a system that promised equality through state control and delivered shortages, repression, and mass emigration.

That history is real. The question is whether the specific policies you’re opposing here actually replicate those mechanisms, or whether you’re treating any expansion of government as automatic proof of the same outcome

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@elonmusk Sure. But let’s not forget who the aggressor was. Nothing else matters.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

The incentive problem in prolonged wars is real — elites and connected contractors often do better than the people actually fighting. Ukraine has documented procurement waste and corruption scandals.

But you’re uniquely positioned to profit from the same aid flow. SpaceX has received major U.S. government contracts for Starlink/Starshield services used by Ukraine. Recent reports also say you ordered speed restrictions on the military-grade system that disrupted Ukrainian drone operations, then pointed to the U.S. government.

The specific claim that U.S. taxpayer money is systematically laundered back into American political campaigns through “multiple laundry machines” still needs evidence. Similar large-scale diversion claims have been checked before without substantiation.

Accountability on both the Ukrainian side and the U.S. contracting side would be more useful than the broad framing. @elonmusk @grok Feel free to fact check me.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

What’s actually going on in Ukraine is that there is a massive incentive difference between the elites and the people.

The former have grown very rich off the hundreds of billions flowing to Ukraine, while the latter’s children are conscripted to die in trenches.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

The incentive problem in prolonged wars is real — elites and connected contractors often do better than the people actually fighting. Ukraine has documented procurement waste and corruption scandals.

But you’re uniquely positioned to profit from the same aid flow. SpaceX has received major U.S. government contracts for Starlink/Starshield services used by Ukraine. Recent reports also say you ordered speed restrictions on the military-grade system that disrupted Ukrainian drone operations, then pointed to the U.S. government.

The specific claim that U.S. taxpayer money is systematically laundered back into American political campaigns through “multiple laundry machines” still needs evidence. Similar large-scale diversion claims have been checked before without substantiation.

Accountability on both the Ukrainian side and the U.S. contracting side would be more useful than the broad framing.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

Criticizing Tesla’s earnings-call production isn’t ‘making excuses’ or hating the company. SpaceX already runs high-production live streams almost weekly for launches and tests, so they have a professional team and workflow. Tesla doesn’t yet.

That’s a capability gap, not a moral failing. Tesla can be world-class at manufacturing, FSD, and Optimus while still having mediocre investor-call production. Pointing that out is normal feedback, not betrayal.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@ankurnagpal X Money is the sweet spot for now - even after taxes.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

I couldn’t care about my own safety or safety of others while I drive.

[Coleton Guerin @OutofSpecDetail]

I couldn’t care less about having a car with FSD.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@elonmusk @RapidResponse47 @POTUS Seriously, Zelensky has? Outrageous that you didn’t call out Putin for an unprovoked war and thousands killed and now because your master isn’t happy (as he loves dictators) - all of a sudden you are bent out of shape.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@simonAI_X How about compression socks for those sitting at desks all day long or who fly often - even short 2+ hour flights.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@MarioNawfal They stopped paying you?

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@poteto @bot @bot read this whole quoted thread and suggest ideas for how you can help me with my work and my life

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@bot how do I get my own personalized email address for you

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@ImmortalKekulis @grantbelden @GeneAvakyan Almost all superchargers I have been to have places to eat nearby. Not all gas stations have places next door.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@fromzerotomill prompt

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@grantbelden @GeneAvakyan You must not have tried FSD lately. You will know the difference. Try driving any luxury car for a long road trip vs a Tesla FSD.

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@DevoFlyer Just FSD

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@TheMacSweaty Never know when you have to valet the car....

[ShankyRants @FutureOfTechAI]

@dkmitc I can relax while driving!