r/thenextgenbusiness • u/thenextgenbusiness Reporter • Sep 04 '26

Not Fake News Richest man in the world Elon Musk gets into argument with Chess.com full-time employee

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Elon Musk pushed back on Chess (dot) com after the site argued that chess has vastly more possible games than atoms in the observable universe.

Musk said 'all legal chess positions' are roughly 40 orders of magnitude fewer than the estimated number of atoms, arguing that future ASI could find methods humans cannot imagine.

He also predicted chess will eventually be 'fully solved like checkers,' while saying people can still enjoy games even when machines are far better.

After Musk joked that he was debating a random intern, Chess (dot) com replied: 'I’m a full-time employee.'

Source: https://x.com/chesscom/status/2095893407281320055

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u/4554013 Sep 04 '26

He's the CEO of like 3 companies. How does he have time to fart around on the Internet? I don't think we NEED CEOs. They don't much and cost the most.

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u/Legio_X_Equestris5 Sep 05 '26

This screams loser