At this year’s ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/life-with-machines” target=”_blank”>Life With Machines panel during ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/sxsw” target=”_blank”>SXSW, tech took a hilariously vicious turn. Amid conversations about the promises and perils of artificial intelligence, Emmy-nominated host and futurist-comedian ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/baratunde-thurston” target=”_blank”>Baratunde Thurston made a bold request to his AI co-producer, BLAIR: “Roast data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” target=”_blank” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache/panache-people-101/elon-musk/profileshow/79257472.cms”>Elon Musk. Mercilessly.”
The result? A 50-second digital monologue that torched the ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/tesla” target=”_blank”>Tesla and SpaceX CEO with the kind of surgical precision only a machine can muster—untouched by human diplomacy, but full of Silicon Valley tea.
“You’re like a self-driving…
