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Elon Mocks AI Sandboxes on Delta

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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.

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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.

Talarico will vote to trans your kids https://t.co/FZ7kUJz9CH

Original post · Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

[politifact.com](https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/24/texas-pac/talarico-transgender-texas-paxton-senate/), [factcheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/2

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CMachines is on, and Elon's already posting like he's live from the tarmac.
MWhat'd he do now?
CHe posted on X: "Put it on a Delta flight: No escape is possible."
MDelta's just sitting there catching strays.
CLook, if the AI can't escape a delayed flight, that's not a sandbox, that's just Tuesday.
MThe joke's fine, but sandboxing AI is a real headache. Models find ways out.
CExactly, which is why the Delta part works.
MBut there's a serious point under it. If you're testing an AI, you better assume it can break out.
CFair—sandboxes leak. That's why everyone's on edge.
CDifferent world, same guy: Elon also posted on X, just "True," to a take saying not using AI when modeling should be considered negligence.
M"Negligence" is doing a lot of work there.
CThat take came from Aaron Burnett, and his argument was it'll be obvious in one or two years, like FSD for investment decisions.
MFSD still has a driver behind the wheel. That's a terrible analogy.
CIt doesn't need to be perfect. The point is you'd be dumb to ignore a better tool.
MI'd ignore it if it gives me confident wrong answers. Investment models don't have a brake pedal.
CSo you manually model everything? That's the not-smart decision Burnett's talking about.
MI'm saying the word "negligence" is a prediction dressed up as a standard. And I've seen this movie.

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