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by natch 2561 days ago
As a user I find it mildly offensive. Elon himself probably would laugh it off. Not going to use this as I find the exploitation of the name kind of gross. Maybe in 100 years if he’s not around then fine... but for now it’s too soon.

“Tesla” is a separate issue and different.

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But Tesla himself is not even 100 years dead....is it OK that there is a company named after him?
Of course. It’s also ok that this chatbot is called Elon.

Plenty of people get offended at stuff. That doesn’t mean they are right.

I think calling the virtual assistant "Elon" is the best part!
It is very clearly the best part. Some people are uptight.co.uk