Musk says he doesn’t know how to make chips! "It is predicted that China will break through chip restrictions in 2 or 3 years" has become a layman's term

Musk admitted in a statement that he did not understand how to make semiconductors. (Reuters)

Billionaire Musk made a speech at the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley and admitted that he did not understand how to manufacture semiconductors. He claimed to the Chinese media more than ten days ago that China will overcome the limitations of chip manufacturing in 2-3 years. In addition, he also admitted that he may have experienced "artificial intelligence psychosis" as many as 12 times this year due to watching some music videos produced using artificial intelligence technology.

wccftech reported that Musk’s chip manufacturing plans under the Terafab project have attracted much attention in the past few weeks, after there were rumors that Taiwanese chip giant TSMC may be involved. Musk’s latest statement suggests that TSMC may be a lessor at most. Given Tesla's business interests in China, Musk's chip plans have also caused an uproar in Taiwan.

In late September, Musk explained to China Global Television Network that he believed China could "solve computing constraints through exposure machines and wafer manufacturing in about two to three years."

However, in an exchange with Tesla Club members, Musk admitted that he still "knows very little" about chip manufacturing and that "to be honest" he has no idea how to make chips. However, Musk, who has always been optimistic, still believes that he and the Terafab team can eventually solve this problem.

One aspect of the current chip manufacturing process that interests Musk is equipment uniformity. The CEO, who is accustomed to customizing manufacturing processes for his automotive and aerospace companies, pointed out that the machines in the factories of Samsung, Intel and TSMC are all identical. Musk linked this to his plans for Terafab, adding: "So I think we will start with traditional equipment first. Then we will modify these equipment to increase production capacity. After that, we will target the production bottlenecks and customize special equipment that can significantly increase wafer production capacity."

Acknowledging that these plans may take "quite a while," Musk explained that the goal is to create an iterative process that completes mask fabrication, wafer fabrication and final product packaging under one roof, and then continuously improves iterations to achieve higher wafer throughput and other improvements.

Musk also discussed advances in artificial intelligence and the critical role of training data in ensuring model effectiveness. Recently, he acknowledged that advances in artificial intelligence may only be noticeable to those who overuse software.

In this speech, Musk used movies and music videos as examples, commenting that "various artificial intelligences working together can produce very attractive music videos by themselves."

Musk added that "artificial intelligence's ability to make videos demonstrates 'taste,'" which he defined as "kind of like understanding limbic resonance and knowing what resonates with people and touches your limbic system."

He mentioned mental illness during the discussion and said: "I think artificial intelligence is going to be incredible. In a way, it is already incredible. This is where I was a little... well, I felt like I was a little mentally ill, maybe a serious one. There have been several times this year, maybe six times, that I have felt like I was suffering from artificial intelligence or intelligent system psychosis."