Oscar Wilde’s counterintuitive observation that “life imitates art” certainly seems a valid observation when you consider that Elon Musk obviously modeled his persona on the Bond Villains he identified with as a child watching 007 movies in his South African enclave.
I asked ChatGPT to create a Venn diagram comparing characteristics of Dr. No, Auric Goldfinger, Ernst Blofeld, and Elon Musk, but rather than creating the visual representation I asked for he/she/it/they came up with this:
“Creating a Venn diagram comparing characteristics of Dr. No, Goldfinger, Blofeld, and Elon Musk could be interesting! Here’s how we might categorize some of their traits”:
Dr. No
- Monologuing: Dr. No is known for his villainous speeches and arrogance.
- Desire for Global Power: His main goal is to dominate the world.
- Tech Savvy: Uses technology for his villainous deeds, such as a secret base and advanced machinery.
Goldfinger
- Love of Wealth: Obsessed with gold and wealth accumulation.
- Manipulative: Skilled in manipulating people and situations for personal gain.
- Planning for Destruction: Plans to increase his wealth by threatening global economics.
Blofeld
- Mastermind: A schemer and manipulator who plans complex, worldwide operations.
- Philanthropic Facade: Often hides his true intentions behind a charitable or business façade.
- Desire for Control: Wants to control global events to advance his personal agenda.
Elon Musk (Common Traits)
- Innovative: Known for pushing technological advancements (SpaceX, Tesla).
- Wealth: A billionaire who accumulates wealth through various ventures.
- Ambitious: Has ambitious goals such as colonizing Mars and transforming energy production.
- Public Persona: Often in the media spotlight and makes bold statements.[2]
Note how ChatGPT avoided portraying any of Musk’s traits as negative, much less as villainous.
Allow me to rectify that failure:
Elon Musk (Common Traits)
- Monologuing: an asshole known for his villainous speeches and arrogance.
- Desire for Global Power: a megalomaniac who desires to dominate the world.
- Tech Savvy: an innovator who builds rocket ships, electric cars, etc.
- Wealth: a billionaire obsessed with wealth accumulation
- Mastermind: a schemer and manipulator who plans complex, worldwide operations.
- Desire for Control: a self-obsessed piece of shit who wants to control global events to advance his personal agenda.
Oh, yeah, what about the autism, the lack of social grace and human empathy, not to mention operating outside the bounds of law? The stilted speech patterns all four share?
On this assignment, I’d give ChatGPT a big fat D if he/she/it/they were my student and myself a C- on this blog post, which has forsaken hard work for expediency.
That said, it’s kind of scary that a Bond villain now has access to my social security number.
[1] The name Elon Musk sounds like Ian Fleming himself came up with it.
[2] Not how ChatGPT doesn’t bother with parallel construction. The catalogue he/she/it/they came up with is about as elegant as a Tesla truck.
You Do Hoodoo 
Your he/she/it/they pronoun preference designation for ChatGPT is reminiscent of the Democratic National Committee’s outgoing chair Jaime Harrison’s attempt to explain a point about its rules concerning gender balance for its vice-chair race:
“The rules specify that when we have a gender-nonbinary candidate or officer, the nonbinary individual is counted as neither male nor female, and the remaining six officers must be gender balanced,” Harrison announced.
As the explanation became increasingly intricate, Harrison’s elucidation grew more labored. “To ensure our process accounts for male, female, and nonbinary candidates, we conferred with our [Rules and Bylaws Committee] co-chair, our LGBT Caucus co-chair, and others to ensure that the process is inclusive and meets the gender-balance requirements in our rules,” he added. “To do this, our process will be slightly different than the one outlined to you earlier this week, but I hope you will see that in practice, it is simple and transparent.”
Typical DNC nonsensical and useless bullshit. As you said about as elegant as a Tesla truck. No wonder he/she/it/they have lost their voter base. You either have one or you don’t.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/dnc-meeting/681548/
The Bond villains are usually super-literate, eloquent, witty and cold-headed, calculating, super-smart adults, who prefer to hide in the shadows. But Elon? He is just a rich child, who put his father’s emerald money on the red at the roulette table, and demands adoration and worship for it. …. Also a Bond-Villain would never ever side publicly with any extremist movement (Trump, or AfD…).
He is not even a proper, respectable villain, just a big child.