Creepy AI Elon a ‘dwarf’: dad
‘It’s a photo of a dwarf adult human. — Errol Musk
Elon Musk’s father offered up a rare image of his son when he was a kid after an AI-generated photo of the Tesla mogul made him look like a “dwarf adult human.”
Earlier this month, the Twitter parody account “Not Jerome Powell” posted a photo showing a brown-eyed boy with Musk’s recognizable stern face dressed in a white, buttoned-down shirt underneath suspenders.
“BREAKING: Elon Musk was reportedly working on some anti aging formula but it got way out of hand,” read the tweet, which has more than 4.5 million views.
Errol Musk, a 77-yearold retired electromechanical engineer, slammed the AI picture of his son as “ridiculous.”
“It’s a photo of a dwarf adult human,” the elder Musk told the US Sun.
The dad shared a photo of the South African-born Elon sporting blond hair and a big smile while wearing kid-appropriate shorts and a striped, short-sleeve shirt.
“[There’s] no resemblance whatsoever to Elon at that age, more a version of him as an adult turned into a dwarf,” Errol Musk told the news site.
Errol Musk also weighed in on his son’s potential cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, warning that Elon was walking into a “nowin situation.”
“The thing is if this crazy fight goes ahead, if Elon beats this guy, Elon will be called a bully, being so much heavier and taller,” Errol Musk said. “While if he loses, the humiliation would be total.”
Errol Musk added: “Elon loses if he wins and loses if he loses. Wins, he’s a bully. Loses, he’s a loser.”
Father and son have had a notoriously contentious relationship. In September, Elon said he had financially supported his father since the 1990s.
In a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone, Elon Musk described his father as “brilliant with engineering” but “such a terrible human being.”
Errol Musk reportedly has fathered two children with his stepdaughter.