MARILYN CORNWELL: July 31 2020 - Cancal this kind of Culture

I had no idea of this important news:

"Rapper Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, is the mother of Elon Musk’s most recent child, born only a few weeks ago. The parents named the child X Æ A-12, which some may feel “sucks” as a name for a kid. But Musk would probably argue that it’s his constitutional right to give whatever name he prefers to his baby. And in this hyper-competitive world, there should be no limit to a man’s creativity when he is the CEO or founder of multiple innovative corporations that are all focused on sculpting the landscape of humanity’s technological future.'

Grimes broke down the significance of each letter of the bizarre name on Twitter in early May

X is "the unknown variable," she said, while Æ is "my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence)."

She continued: "A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent." (It's possible she meant the SR-71.)"

She added that A corresponds to "Archangel, my favorite song."

I wonder how the name is pronounced. There's an answer to that from CNN:

However, Musk told podcast host Joe Rogan a different pronunciation of the name in a conversation released Thursday, even as he credited Grimes for coming up with the moniker.

"First of all, my partner is the one that, actually, mostly, came up with the name," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said. "Yeah, she's great at names."
Rogan then asked how to say it, to which Musk responded: "I mean it's just X, the letter X. And then, the Æ is, like, pronounced 'Ash'... and then, A-12, A-12 is my contribution."

We have an abstract image today.