No LLM needed, they don't get it yet, but ...: Elon Musk responds to 'Elon email demand is stupid' calls

Elon Musk recently addressed the controversy around his email directive asking federal employees to justify their work. Responding to a discussion on X (formerly Twitter), Musk clarified that the email was not about overanalyzing responses but a basic test to check employee engagement.
A reporter on X criticized Musk’s approach, arguing that it was impractical for leadership to process millions of emails from employees across various departments. “The Elon email demand isn’t stupid because it’s “too much to ask.” It’s not. It’s stupid because DOGE isn’t going to read millions of emails from workers in departments they have no knowledge of,” he wrote in an X post. To this, Garry Tan - President & CEO , Y Combinator replied “Most people don’t understand LLMs (Large Language Models) have changed the nature of management already, and this will be a bit of a shock to people”.

Responding to the post, Musk said that no LLM needed here. Adding that “This was basically a check to see if the employee had a pulse and was capable of replying to an email.”

“This mess will get sorted out this week. Lot of people in for a rude awakening and strong dose of reality. They don’t get it yet, but they will.”
Recently, Musk announced on X that an email has been sent to federal employees, “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” the Tesla CEO wrote.
The email, sent from the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) new HR address, had no official signature but carried the subject line: “What did you do last week?” Employees were instructed to reply with “approximately five bullet points of their accomplishments” while copying their managers. The message explicitly warned against including classified information, links, or attachments.