United States has the largest automotive trade deficit for cars while China, Germany and Japan have the highest trade balance.

Don't forget the most important reason, freedom.

This has nothing to do with rationality.
Wind turbines have long been a hate object for Trump.
He has claimed that they cause cancer and that they ruin the environment, etc.

Meanwhile, despite being an intermittent source of energy, wind power in 2026
is used in 138 countries and capacity increased by 40% worldwide last year.

You do know that Musk plans to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, and that low gravity deforms the human body over time?
I would call it realism, not pessimism. If you take Mars seriously, read up on reality.

And no, this has little to do with Musk, just reality.
But Musk is known for his large amount of ridiculous exaggerations. It's almost his signature.
There are many lists of lies and nonsense online, which can be entertaining reading if you don't take any of it seriously.

"If you want to be successful in this world, promise everything, deliver nothing." - Napoleon

Denmark gets 53.4% of it's total electricity supply from wind power, and many other countries are doing pretty well.

I've read more science fiction, fantasy, and horror than most, including most Bradbury and Frankenstein, the first science fiction novel. But while fiction can be entertaining, it doesn't necessarily have anything directly to do with reality. Even you don't think people fly on broomsticks after watching or reading Harry Potter.

Sad to say, but humanity is not going to become a "multiplanetary species" anytime soon.

Leaving the narcissistic personality aside, it would be enormously expensive just to get there, and then there is the question of how long it would take. That depends on the distance, which varies over time, but with today's technology it would take about 9 months one way, but that means traveling in a straight line through the sun. With an elliptical journey it would be nearly two years. And then you have to land and live on a planet that has a very thin atmosphere, low gravity and can get really cold, like down to -128 C. Everything you need to survive, water, food and fuel, must be brought with along. And then finally, people have to get back.

You should ask yourself the purpose of all this spending. Maybe research? Probably makes more sense to just use robots.

Perhaps I should add that I posted the quote because I found it so silly that it was funny, and others might enjoy it.

How is that a shitpost? It's an actual quote. There are many places where you can find it. Here is one: https://quotefancy.com/quote/1...

If you think that is a shitposting, then that perhaps illustrates what you think of Musk?

He has said a lot of ridiculous things, like
"I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species. Thirty years from now, there'll be a base on the moon and on Mars, and people will be going back and forth on SpaceX rockets."

Plenty of great music for anyone willing to search a bit and pay for it.

As for the article mentioning "talent, effort and creativity",
it's about that creating music of value is something for humans with an understanding of other people, and not AI.

I'm not really sure where you ended up, but I started with "Machines may appear to have human intelligence but do not, and are not conscious or creative.".
Being creative requires an understanding of the world, and AI lacks that, so perhaps we agree.

I understand that, but you are missing the point of the article for which I supplied an URL.
Here is a quote:

"A future where human effort is downplayed as gatekeeping; ease and convenience are more valued than talent, effort, and creativity; and placating your own tastes and preferences is more important than being curious about the world around you. A world that’s teeming with beauty and connection that’s just waiting to be experienced, but only if you’re willing to step outside your own limited perspective and allow yourself to be affected by other human beings."

AI music is basically an automated repetition of existing work.
But what is the purpose of music? This might be worth a read:
https://opus.ing/posts/cc-gong...

AI-generated music is decimating the music industry.
Companies will be happy to use AI to produce music based on existing music, rather than paying royalties for new content.
Machines may appear to have human intelligence but do not, and are not conscious or creative.

When it comes to the percentage of music that is AI-generated, Spotify does not publish data,
but Deezer does, stating that 28% of daily uploads are AI-generated.

There have also been articles stating that AI music is primarily listened to by computers, not humans, for royalties.