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In a blog post, Musk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial solutions,” and Silicon Valley will soon need to build data centers in space to power its AI ambitions.

This dumb fuck. Unfortunately, his boosters will be all-in on this messaging. Whatever.

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[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No one has said this is how Elysium starts?

This is how Elysium starts.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Elysium actually had some semblance of working technology, though.

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[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Arrest this pedo

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago

This seems like a good way to turn a golden goose into a turducken. Elon really needed some of Aesop's fables in his upbringing.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 7 points 2 months ago (12 children)

A million satellites he says. That's 100 satellites per starship launch. 5 times per day, every day, for five years. By the time you're done, the first ones are burned out and you have to do it all again. And that's assuming one GPU per satellite because solar panels even in space can't pull enough power to feed multiple of those hungry things.

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[–] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I guess this is insurance for when the bubble pops. It helps justify the "too big to fail"

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Doesn't one of those companies rely on government contracts? And now that company generates CSAM on demand?

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

“Valuable”

[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Fucking, Wired.
Suck daddy harder, Wired.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Uh oh, vibe-engineered rockets.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

But that was the one place that hadn't been corrupted by capitalism!

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How little of an understanding of how the natural world works do you need to have to think that data centers in space are a good idea? Nothing to say of economics and logistics. Or am I missing something big here?

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now if he rolls these into Tesla he’ll be on his way to ticking off one of the requirements to unlock his completely legitimate cagillion dollar pay package.

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[–] Rothe@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Data centers in space sounds like one hell of an expensive investment for something that has not once shown any profitability yet, and are in fact most likely about to burst its bubble in the near future.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

And it will all come crashing down

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Or...he just tanked the value of both.

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