{"id":"1793563153603-tech-show_open","slug":"elon-mocks-ai-sandboxes-on-delta","title":"Elon Mocks AI Sandboxes on Delta","summary":"Talarico voted against Texas's 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for minors, saying it was overly broad and could harm non-transgender patients. But he has said he opposes gender-reassignment surgeries for minors and would support a national ban on them, so the claim that he will “vote to trans your kids” is a distortion. This is a joke about AI sandboxing and a Delta flight, built on a satirical anecdote involving Greg Brockman, Elon Musk and Sergey Brin. There is no factual claim to check. This is an opinion about the future of AI-assisted modeling, and Musk's agreement is also an opinion or prediction, not a checkable factual claim.","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T19:59:13.603Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Machines","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"FALSE","notes":"FALSE: Talarico voted against Texas's 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for minors, saying it was overly broad and could harm non-transgender patients. But he has said he opposes gender-reassignment surgeries for minors and would support a national ban on them, so the claim that he will “vote to trans your kids” is a distortion. This is a joke about AI sandboxing and a Delta flight, built on a satirical anecdote involving Greg Brockman, Elon Musk and Sergey Brin. There is no factual claim to check. This is an opinion about the future of AI-assisted modeling, and Musk's agreement is also an opinion or prediction, not a checkable factual claim.\nSource: [politifact.com](https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/24/texas-pac/talarico-transgender-texas-paxton-senate/), [factcheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/2 (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116969654849868192)","claims":[{"verdict":"FALSE","summary":"Talarico voted against Texas's 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for minors, saying it was overly broad and could harm non-transgender patients. But he has said he opposes gender-reassignment surgeries for minors and would support a national ban on them, so the claim that he will “vote to trans your kids” is a distortion. This is a joke about AI sandboxing and a Delta flight, built on a satirical anecdote involving Greg Brockman, Elon Musk and Sergey Brin. There is no factual claim to check. This is an opinion about the future of AI-assisted modeling, and Musk's agreement is also an opinion or prediction, not a checkable factual claim.","sourceName":"[politifact.com](https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/24/texas-pac/talarico-transgender-texas-paxton-senate/), [factcheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/2","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116969654849868192","claim":"Talarico will vote to trans your kids https://t.co/FZ7kUJz9CH","author":"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116969654849868192","name":"[politifact.com](https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/24/texas-pac/talarico-transgender-texas-paxton-senate/), [factcheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/2","kind":"x","verdict":"FALSE","author":"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793563153603-tech-show_open-elon-mocks-ai-sandboxes-on-delta","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793563153603-tech-show_open-elon-mocks-ai-sandboxes-on-delta","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793563153603-tech-show_open-elon-mocks-ai-sandboxes-on-delta and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"Machines is on, and Elon's already posting like he's live from the tarmac."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"What'd he do now?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"He posted on X: \"Put it on a Delta flight: No escape is possible.\""},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Delta's just sitting there catching strays."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Look, if the AI can't escape a delayed flight, that's not a sandbox, that's just Tuesday."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The joke's fine, but sandboxing AI is a real headache. Models find ways out."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Exactly, which is why the Delta part works."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But there's a serious point under it. If you're testing an AI, you better assume it can break out."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fair—sandboxes leak. That's why everyone's on edge."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Different world, same guy: Elon also posted on X, just \"True,\" to a take saying not using AI when modeling should be considered negligence."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"\"Negligence\" is doing a lot of work there."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That take came from Aaron Burnett, and his argument was it'll be obvious in one or two years, like FSD for investment decisions."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"FSD still has a driver behind the wheel. That's a terrible analogy."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It doesn't need to be perfect. The point is you'd be dumb to ignore a better tool."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'd ignore it if it gives me confident wrong answers. Investment models don't have a brake pedal."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So you manually model everything? That's the not-smart decision Burnett's talking about."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm saying the word \"negligence\" is a prediction dressed up as a standard. And I've seen this movie."}]}