Judging from the records of interaction between Musk and Yang Likun on overseas social platforms, the fight between the two took place this past weekend. After Musk posted a promotional video for Tesla's “flying” car on his account on October 16, Yang Likun, a well-known American computer scientist who won the 2018 Turing Award and was also hailed as the “Godfather of AI” by some US media, left a comment under Musk's post asking if this car was driven by hydrogen peroxide to fly. Yang Likun later explained that he saw the large amount of steam generated by Musk's car during takeoff, so he was curious if Musk used hydrogen peroxide, which had already been used in jet power equipment in the 70s of the last century. After learning Tesla's official disclosure that the car was driven by compressed air, Yang Likun added a comment under Musk's post, saying that if Musk's car can “fly” because it uses compressed air, then this only proves that the car “has no practical value at all” because the compressed air “has very low specific impulse” and can maintain effective thrust for a very short period of time. “So this car can only be a hollow lightweight case with a large compressed gas tank inside. It's OK to be a fun presentation; it has no practical value at all.” Yang Likun wrote. He also said in the post that Musk himself should be very aware of this. Faced with Yang Likun's questions, Musk was apparently somewhat “undeterred.” He left a message in response to Yang Likun and said, “I'm moving in your general direction. Although Musk's response immediately triggered a massive siege of Yang Likun by Musk supporters — some thought the scientist didn't understand innovation, and others thought he didn't understand humor and was the kind of “idiot” who broke up the magician, Yang Likun did not show weakness, but instead continued to reply to Musk saying, “Exhaust is indeed the way your car can fly, just hope it doesn't smell that bad.” Currently, Musk has not responded to Yang Likun.
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Judging from the records of interaction between Musk and Yang Likun on overseas social platforms, the fight between the two took place this past weekend. After Musk posted a promotional video for Tesla's “flying” car on his account on October 16, Yang Likun, a well-known American computer scientist who won the 2018 Turing Award and was also hailed as the “Godfather of AI” by some US media, left a comment under Musk's post asking if this car was driven by hydrogen peroxide to fly. Yang Likun later explained that he saw the large amount of steam generated by Musk's car during takeoff, so he was curious if Musk used hydrogen peroxide, which had already been used in jet power equipment in the 70s of the last century. After learning Tesla's official disclosure that the car was driven by compressed air, Yang Likun added a comment under Musk's post, saying that if Musk's car can “fly” because it uses compressed air, then this only proves that the car “has no practical value at all” because the compressed air “has very low specific impulse” and can maintain effective thrust for a very short period of time. “So this car can only be a hollow lightweight case with a large compressed gas tank inside. It's OK to be a fun presentation; it has no practical value at all.” Yang Likun wrote. He also said in the post that Musk himself should be very aware of this. Faced with Yang Likun's questions, Musk was apparently somewhat “undeterred.” He left a message in response to Yang Likun and said, “I'm moving in your general direction. Although Musk's response immediately triggered a massive siege of Yang Likun by Musk supporters — some thought the scientist didn't understand innovation, and others thought he didn't understand humor and was the kind of “idiot” who broke up the magician, Yang Likun did not show weakness, but instead continued to reply to Musk saying, “Exhaust is indeed the way your car can fly, just hope it doesn't smell that bad.” Currently, Musk has not responded to Yang Likun.
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