It really should scare everybody. Also look at Musk's recent, uh, "success" with DOGE.

Maybe he can use that trillion $$$ paycheck to finance the whole thing. And don't forget, his real goal is to use Starship to establish a colony on Mars. I want to propose a new acronym, inspired by Full Self Driving: Full Self Fucking. Would you buy a ticket to Mars on this thing? And don't forget, FSF, there's no air to breathe on Mars. But I'm sure they can use a portable nuclear reactor to break down the CO2 into oxygen to breathe and charcoal to stay warm at night. It all makes sense. They can use Grok 3 or Grok 98, whichever it is by then , to generate an Artificial Reality at least as good as The Matrix. Everyone can stay zoned out till Robert Heinlein sends a rescue mission like Stranger In A Strange Land ... to pick up Michael Valentine Smith.

//Damn, that was a fun one to write!//