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Metaverse has now become one of the most talked about trends and is predicted to revolutionize the digital world. But it looks like the CEOs of SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk not interested in this new technology.
In an interview with the conservative satirical website The Babylon Bee, Musk was asked what he thinks of the metaverse. The 50-year-old says he can’t see any interesting metaverse use-cases.
“Of course you can put the TV on your nose. I’m not sure that makes you ‘in the metaverse,'” Musk said, as quoted from The Verge, Thursday (12/23/2021).
“I haven’t seen someone put a screen in front of their face all day and don’t want to take it off. It’s like — impossible. Right now I can’t see any interesting metaverse situations.”
Currently metaverse refers to a virtual world that can only be accessed using a VR headset. Many critics feel that a ‘metaverse’ has existed before, such as the presence of the virtual world of Second Life in the 2000s, but this trend did not last long.
Musk also asked for his opinion on Web3, another technology trend that former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey often talks about. Web3 is an alternative vision for the future internet, where internet services are designed according to blockchain and cryptocurrency and users can instantly profit from their online content and activities.
According to Musk, Web3 is just marketing and not reality. Musk later admitted that maybe he was too old to understand this kind of trend.
“Am I like one of those people who thought of the internet in ’95 as something that was popular was temporary and would never mean anything,” he said.
In the 54-minute interview, Musk also talked about other life in space. “If anyone knows the evidence for aliens, it’s me, and I know nothing,” he joked.
When asked about climate change, Musk admits he is not a ‘super-alarmist’ but the negative effects of global warming such as rising sea levels are not a wise risk to take. Musk also said there should be a regulatory agency overseeing advanced AI that he thinks threatens humanity.
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