If the man resembles the billionaire in real life, Musk would love to meet him.
There is a background for those unfamiliar with the self-proclaimed "Elong Musk".
In recent months, a video of Ma Yilong, a Chinese man who seems to have a striking resemblance to Musk, went viral due to his resemblance, but also because it was unclear whether it was a real person or a fake.
If he is real, Musk says he's dying to meet this guy.
It's hard to tell with deepfakes these days.
Who is responsible for him? These days deepfakes are incredibly convincing. A TikTok account that claimed to be the actor Robert Pattinson caused a lot of confusion before vanishing from the platform.
Ma has changed his name to "China", and even posted a video in English that he admits is not his.
In December of 2021, Musk jokingly replied to a side-by-side photo of him and his Chinese doppelgnger that he may be.
With Musk's latest flight of fancy appearing to already be in trouble, maybe his next venture will be a little more modest, like going on a quest to discover if Ma Yilong is as Muskian as he seems.
Musk says Americans are super lazy compared to people in China.
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