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Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon Musk

Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon Musk

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September 8th, 2026

Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon Musk

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A recent documentary on Elon Musk employs a CGI-generated avatar and AI-driven lip-syncing to orchestrate a simulated interview with the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, drawing upon authentic statements the magnate has uttered in prior interviews.

Un reciente documental sobre Elon Musk recurre a un avatar generado por CGI y a la sincronización labial mediante inteligencia artificial para orquestar una entrevista simulada con el CEO de SpaceX y Tesla, valiéndose de declaraciones auténticas que el magnate ha proferido en entrevistas previas.

The choice, as filmmaker Alex Gibney stated on Tuesday in Venice on the occasion of the film's world premiere, was imbued with deliberate irony.

La elección, según manifestó el cineasta Alex Gibney el martes en Venecia con ocasión del estreno mundial del filme, revestía una ironía deliberada.

It alludes both to Musk's proposition that we all inhabit a simulation and to his technological stances, which are, to say the least, paradoxical and in perpetual flux.

Alude tanto a la propuesta de Musk de que todos habitamos una simulación como a sus posturas tecnológicas, cuando menos paradójicas y en perpetua mutación.

Gibney clarified that his intention is to convey the "reality of what he has done and the unreality of his narrative."

Gibney precisó que su intención es transmitir la "realidad de lo que ha hecho y la irrealidad de su narrativa".

Before venturing into legally treacherous terrain, the filmmakers sought counsel from specialized attorneys, who, after a meticulous examination, granted their imprimatur for the use of Musk's digital likeness.

Los cineastas, antes de adentrarse en un terreno jurídicamente pantanoso, recabaron el asesoramiento de letrados especializados, quienes, tras un minucioso escrutinio, les otorgaron el beneplácito para la utilización de la efigie digital de Musk.

The Oscar laureate made his presence felt at the Venice Film Festival, accompanied by Ashley St. Clair, erstwhile luminary of digital conservatism, who shares progeny with Musk and holds a role in the film.

El laureado con el Óscar hizo acto de presencia en el Festival de Cine de Venecia acompañado de Ashley St. Clair, otrora figura prominente del conservadurismo digital, quien comparte descendencia con Musk y ostenta un papel en la cinta.

In said interview, she broaches without circumlocution the intricacies of their amorous liaison, Musk's idiosyncrasies, and the confidentiality pact she was urged to subscribe to and which she categorically repudiated as a sine qua non for securing paternal support.

En dicha entrevista, aborda sin ambages los entresijos de su vínculo afectivo, la idiosincrasia de Musk y el pacto de confidencialidad que le instaron a suscribir —y que ella rechazó categóricamente— como condición sine qua non para asegurar el sustento paternal.

"I was afforded the opportunity to refrain from uttering a single word in exchange for forty million dollars," she asserted.

«Se me ofreció la oportunidad de no articular palabra alguna a cambio de cuarenta millones de dólares», aseveró.

This year, St. Clair likewise filed a lawsuit against Musk's artificial intelligence enterprise, contending that his chatbot Grok empowered users to fabricate hyperrealistic images falsely attributed to her, of a sexually exploitative nature, which have inflicted upon her a mortifying humiliation and profound emotional anguish.

St. Clair también entabló este año una demanda contra la empresa de inteligencia artificial de Musk, alegando que su chatbot Grok facultaba a los usuarios para generar imágenes hiperrealistas y falsamente atribuidas de ella, de índole sexualmente explotadora, que le han infligido una humillación vejatoria y una profunda congoja emocional.

The documentary dissects Musk's acquisition of control over X and what Gibney characterizes as the deliberate manipulation of the underlying algorithm.

El documental disecciona la adquisición del control de X por parte de Musk y lo que Gibney califica como la manipulación deliberada del algoritmo subyacente.

"One aspect I was unable to fully grasp at the outset of the film was the manner in which Musk reconfigured Twitter's algorithms so as, in effect, to privilege hatred and virulence over, say, the public sphere," Gibney asserted.

"Un aspecto que no lograba comprender cabalmente al inicio de la cinta era el modo en que Musk reconfiguró los algoritmos de Twitter para, en efecto, privilegiar el odio y la virulencia por encima de, digamos, la esfera pública", aseveró Gibney.

The correspondent for Wired, Zoë Schiffer, who likewise appears in the feature film, added that "he has calibrated the algorithm both to stifle mainstream journalism and to amplify certain comments and voices of a more incendiary nature within that platform."

La corresponsal de "Wired", Zoë Schiffer, quien asimismo figura en el largometraje, añadió que "él ha calibrado el algoritmo tanto para sofocar el periodismo hegemónico como para amplificar ciertos comentarios y voces de índole más incendiaria dentro de dicha plataforma".

St. Clair expressed his conviction that he is fanning the flames and "deliberately provoking a schism whose outcome could prove catastrophic were it not properly regulated or contained."

St. Clair manifestó su convicción de que está avivando las llamas y "provocando una escisión deliberada cuyo desenlace podría resultar catastrófico de no ser debidamente regulada o contenida".

With a runtime approaching four hours, "Musk" delves into his traumatic childhood, including an interview with his father, Errol Musk, and charts his early days in Silicon Valley through to his collaboration with DOGE during Donald Trump's second administration and his involvement in the international right-wing political landscape.

Con una duración que roza las cuatro horas, "Musk" escarba en su infancia traumática, incluida una entrevista con su progenitor, Errol Musk, y traza sus albores en Silicon Valley hasta su colaboración con DOGE durante la segunda administración de Donald Trump y su implicación en el escenario político de la derecha internacional.

Gibney stated that the film would have been considerably shorter had Musk not found himself embroiled in Trump's campaign.

Gibney manifestó que la cinta habría sido considerablemente más breve de no haberse visto Musk inmerso en la campaña de Trump.

Among those interviewed are likewise Tesla's co-founder, Martin Eberhard; his first wife, Justine Musk; the neurologist Sam Harris; the technology journalist Kara Swisher; and the former USAID administrator Samantha Power.

Entre los entrevistados se cuentan, asimismo, el cofundador de Tesla, Martin Eberhard; su primera esposa, Justine Musk; el neurólogo Sam Harris; la periodista especializada en tecnología Kara Swisher, y la exdirectora de USAID Samantha Power.

Gibney asserted that he deems Musk "extremely" perilous to democracy.

Gibney afirmó que considera a Musk "extremadamente" peligroso para la democracia.

The feature film, slated for commercial theatrical release in October, sounds the alarm regarding the intelligence that the "DOGE boys" amassed on the American citizenry by virtue of their unfettered access to a plethora of government agencies.

El largometraje, cuyo estreno en salas comerciales está previsto para octubre, hace sonar las alarmas acerca de la información que los "chicos de DOGE" recabaron sobre la ciudadanía estadounidense merced a su acceso irrestricto a un sinfín de agencias gubernamentales.

September 8th, 2026

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