It’s the same reason they have such outlandish there opinions. There is no one in their orbit to tell them ‘no.’ They’ve been experiencing ai psychosis for years, only in the form of yes men instead of plagiarism machines. Anyone that had the temerity to tell Elon that no, we will not have people living on Mars within ten years has long since been removed from access to him.

In absolutely no way defending them- if you spent your life having every person you interacted with telling you that whatever drivel you spouted was the greatest thing ever, you too would presume to be one of the smartest on Earth.