In August, billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that through xAI, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/meet-macrohard-elon-musks-ai-simulation-of-microsoft-focused-solely-on-ai-software-development-its-a-tongue-in-cheek-name-but-the-project-is-very-real” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/meet-macrohard-elon-musks-ai-simulation-of-microsoft-focused-solely-on-ai-software-development-its-a-tongue-in-cheek-name-but-the-project-is-very-real”> he would create a Microsoft clone called Macrohard, focused solely on data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/artificial-intelligence” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence”>AI software development.“It’s a tongue-in-cheek name, but the project is very real!” Musk admitted.
According to Elon Musk:
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“In principle, given that software companies like Microsoft do not themselves manufacture any physical hardware, it should be possible to simulate them entirely with AI.”
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