Commentators were quick to point out the similarities between the man and Musk, and the observation spread like wildfire across Facebook and Twitter.
According to News.com.au, even Musk couldn’t ignore the resemblance and replied jokingly, “Maybe I’m partly Chinese!” in a tweet sent on December 20.
The incident prompted netizens to come up with funny names for the doppelgänger. Some called him Elon Mosaic, while one called him Clone Musk. One netizen even christened the man with a Chinese name, Yi Long Musk, reports Yahoo! News.
Many found it hard to believe the resemblance between the two, and suggested the doppelgänger might have used artificial intelligence face swap technology to mimic the features of Musk.
According to New.com.au, the video has been shared more than 10,000 times on the platform and has been reposted on Weibo, Facebook and Twitter.Want more stories like this? Follow STYLE on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
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