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Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

jopsen wrote: post #57

> In the long term, space-based AI is obviously the only way to scale. I never questioned it. Space is also extremely cold, and if it's as dense as Musk cooling won't be an issue.

I can't tell how many layers of sarcasm are here, but I just want to highlight that aktshually cooling in space is quite difficult because there is no convection, so the only cooling option is radiative. Which gets a bit hard when the satellite gets blasted by the sun.

The ISS doesn't have problems staying warm, it has problems cooling off.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by stefan_ »

bko wrote: post #58
baggachipz wrote: post #3

Well surely this acquisition is above board. Nothing funny going on here, just good old business as usual.

What's funny? Do you think the investors are against this? The investor's aren't idiots. I imagine the typical investor in Elon Musk's companies would approve of this sort of thing. So what's the problem? Besides, its a private company with Musk as majority shareholder in both. That's the beauty of private companies, you can just do things. I wish more companies were private and ambitious. I'm tired of companies like…

The investors want to cash out, Musk needs lots of money to plow into his latest toy that so far only excels in ridiculing him and sexual harassment/CSAM, so they make a deal to take in xAI and go public. Win win.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by bragr »

UltraSane wrote: post #59
Buttons840 wrote: post #50

SpaceX is too big to fail. It's important for national security. I wonder if Elon wants to tangle all his businesses into SpaceX so they are all kept afloat by SpaceX's importance.

Merging SpaceX with a public company like Tesla would create a lot of issues for the classified projects SpaceX does.

No? Almost every big defense contractor is publicly traded.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by pm90 »

tester756 wrote: post #47
Saline9515 wrote: post #28

I still don't understand the "data center in space" narrative. How are they going to solve the cooling issue?

Maintenance cost must be pretty fucking insane This "Space Datacenter" sounds like biggest bullshit in last decade, which is pretty damn fucking high bar.

Hes committed to building thousands of Optimus robots for a market that does not exist while cutting back on building evs (a market that does).

I think its pretty clear that Musk has lost his goddamn mind. And the American corporate system and Government seem powerless to do anything.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by mmoustafa »

> "The only logical solution therefore is to transport these resource-intensive efforts to a location with vast power and space. I mean, space is called 'space' for a reason. [crying laughing emoji]"

This is all the reasoning provided. It is quite sad how a company I admired so much has become embroiled in financial doohickery.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by cyberax »

UltraSane wrote: post #59
Buttons840 wrote: post #50

SpaceX is too big to fail. It's important for national security. I wonder if Elon wants to tangle all his businesses into SpaceX so they are all kept afloat by SpaceX's importance.

Merging SpaceX with a public company like Tesla would create a lot of issues for the classified projects SpaceX does.

Raytheon is public.
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