Elon Musk and Grimes name their son X Æ A-12 and internet spent hours trying to crack its meaning

Elon Musk has been dating Grimes since 2018. She announced her pregnancy on Instagram in the month of January. Now Musk shared images of his son on fans' request.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020

"1) X, the unknown variable. 2) Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence) 3) A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent," decoded a user for the internet.

May 6, 2020

Netizens who thought it was a joke, were in for a rude shock. 

WAIT SO YALL WERENT JOKING???

— sofía nsfr (@xovoz) May 6, 2020

Thanks this didn’t help at all

— honest jabe (@jaynooch) May 6, 2020

how do we pronounce it???

— gibson (@aworldaIone) May 6, 2020

I’m done I don’t want to be in This world anymore

— polly urethane (@cultgodess) May 6, 2020

Meanwhile some simply found it awesome. 

This is awesome

— IJ (@icelynjennings) May 6, 2020

Iconic and I love everything about this

— ALISON WONDERLAND (@awonderland) May 6, 2020

Elon Musk confirmed that the decoding was almost correct. It was just SR-71 instead of SR-17.

SR-71, but yes

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2020

Archangel-12 pic.twitter.com/s9g69SU1Ju

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2020

I am recovering from surgery and barely alive so may my typos b forgiven but, damnit. That was meant to be profound ) May 6, 2020