# Elon Musk Stole Joke on Twitter

> Elon Musk reworked a Delta Airlines joke he borrowed from a random user.
- Title: Elon Musk Stole Joke on Twitter · Futurism | Shortify
- Summary: Elon Musk reworked a Delta Airlines joke he borrowed from a random user. elon musk, delta airlines, x · reported by Futurism.
- Keywords: elon musk, delta airlines, musk joke, ai sandbox, proof of human, science, technology, Elon, Musk, Stole, Joke, Twitter
- Source: Futurism — https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-sad-sack-stole-random-joke-twitter
- Author: Joe Wilkins
- Published: 2026-10-02T12:14:16+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: elon musk, delta airlines, x, musk joke, ai sandbox, proof of human, science, technology
## Elon Musk's Joke
Elon Musk reworked a Delta Airlines joke he borrowed from a machine learning engineer, claiming it was his own.

> best way to sandbox an AI is to put it on a Delta flight, it will have no chance of accessing the Internet!
## Original Joke
Machine learning engineer Proof of Human Matt Hardy joked about Delta Airlines WiFi on X.

> we should just sandbox the [AI] agents by giving them Delta Wifi
## Musk's Reaction
Elon Musk shared a reworked version of the joke with 155,000 likes and thousands of comments.

> best way to sandbox an AI is to put it on a Delta flight, it will have no chance of accessing the Internet!
## Public Response
Users criticized Musk for claiming others' work as his own, calling it part of his career.

> Claiming other people’s work as his own is Musk’s entire career
## Musk's Stolen Ideas
Musk's companies like Neuralink and SpaceX were named after sci-fi concepts he borrowed.

> Neuralink was aped from Iain M. Banks’s "neural lace" in the utopian space opera "The Culture"
## Musk's Strategy
Musk's Hyperloop concept was built on existing designs to kill a California rail project.

> Musk’s original 2013 white paper on the system was built on centuries of proposals
## Key takeaway

Elon Musk reworked a Delta Airlines joke he borrowed from a machine learning engineer, claiming it was his own.