Elon Musk insists that Tesla is an A.I. company. Never mind that the company makes almost all of its money selling cars, or hat it sells more electric cars than any other company in the U.S. and that it currently produces the best-selling car in the world. It is not a car company, Musk insists. It's an A.I. company. Sure, fine, whatever. But if that's true, he ought to let someone else make the cars.
A boundless horizon. Don't give people want, decide what they want and sell it to them. It's a strong playbook for a startup. No meteoric stock gain is based on slow, consistent improvement, it's based on growth. This approach is perfect for an A.I. company that needs to be nimble, and Musk is right that he's probably the best to lead it. I don't want Elon Musk having the power to shape what the future of A.I. looks like, but I get why investors put money behind him.