Schadenfreude

This week we're taking pleasure in misfortunes of others;
discussing Intel’s technical difficulties, Elon Musk encroaching
on our turf, and robot poetry.


We start with Intel, which is having problems with the 7nm
process that are causing delays across its lineup and could put
an end to a long tradition of self-reliance in silicon printing.


Then Elon Musk we don’t like, for a whole assortment of
business-related reasons. Last week, the living legend made some
dubious claims about AI – likely intended to drum up interest in
his equally dubious startup Neuralink, a developer of
brain-machine interfaces which has raised $158 million to date
with nothing but a launch video and a white paper to show the
public.


Plus, we talk about the story Tesla apparently doesn’t want you
to see.