Elon Musk Declares 'Researcher' as Fossil Fuel of Job Titles
Elon Musk just nuked the job title 'researcher' at his AI startup xAI, calling it a 'relic term from academia' and saying 'there are only engineers.' He insists this isn’t just elitist bluster, but a way to ditch what he sees as a 'two-tier engineering system.' Musk highlighted SpaceX's 'meaningful, cutting-edge' research beating 'all the academic university labs on earth combined,' all while refusing to use 'pretentious, low-accountability' terms like 'researcher.' Taking cues from OpenAI and Anthropic, which call everyone a 'Member of Technical Staff,' Musk’s move is a linguistic space rocket aimed straight at academic snobbery.
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(1 of 3)Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/30/2025 | Author: Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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