Billionaire leftist Mark Cuban and comic Jon Stewart mocked X CEO Elon Musk on The Daily Show after his interview with former President Donald Trump, prompting Musk to demolish them in return.
“I mean, look at Elon, right?” Cuban began. “Elon, in being one of the most powerful people, he’s trying to be the most influential man in the world — it sounds like a commercial — but literally, that’s what Twitter has given him.”
“I’ve gotta say, I think he might be that,” Stewart opined. “I don’t even think he’s trying to be. When you talk about somebody who is setting up satellite links for war zones and also controlling discourse in the most important media platform, he is the most powerful.”
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Cuban then accused Musk of putting his “thumb” on the proverbial scale to influence Twitter, now known as X, musing, “Cause Twitter is in almost every country, right? And so Twitter gives him the ability to connect to the prime minister, the head of every country in the world. And that person, whoever’s in charge of that country, has an interest in what happens on Twitter, and what happens on Twitter, because of the control of the algorithms, being the biggest user, is all dependent on Elon Musk. He literally, wherever his thumb wants to go, he gets to push as hard as he wants.”
“I think he’s very clear that civil war is inevitable, and that white people are under the gun,” Stewart said,
“Frightening, concerning,” Cuban guffawed, then opened the door for Musk to pulverize his argument, saying, “When you write an algorithm — I haven’t written a lot, it’s been a while — but when you write one, you get to set the parameters of what you want to see happen. And he certainly has done that to the things he likes.”
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Stewart echoed, “But isn’t this a certain amount of tech bro malpractice, that there is this incredible need in the marketplace of something that is slightly less biased or … toxic?”
Mark Cuban and Jon Stewart slam 𝕏 and @elonmusk, accuse Musk of manipulating the algorithm to push his preferred narratives to influence the election:
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— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 14, 2024
Musk then gave his mocking critics a dose of reality, tweeting, “That was hilarious 😂 Unlike the other platforms, our algorithm is open source! And if you interact and argue with ‘right wing’ accounts, which Cuban does a lot, the algorithm will assume that’s what you *want* to do and give you more of it lmao.”
That was hilarious 😂
Unlike the other platforms, our algorithm is open source!
And if you interact and argue with “right wing” accounts, which Cuban does a lot, the algorithm will assume that’s what you *want* to do and give you more of it lmao.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 14, 2024
