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Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by bakies »

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…

Apple just launched their own silicon chips just a few years ago. They're very ambitious but still calculated.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by Zigurd »

zeptonix wrote: post #9

Seems like a great way to play games with moving money around. Come up with a "valuation" and then "acquire".

It worked for his Twitter co-investors. I guess they overlap enough with Xai investors for them to think it's more clever than it is a rip off.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by paxys »

If you had told me 4 years ago that Twitter would be merged into SpaceX I would have called you crazy. Yet here we are..

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by jopsen »

rybosworld wrote: post #70

> The basic math is that launching a million tons per year of satellites generating 100 kW of compute power per ton would add 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually, with no ongoing operational or maintenance needs. Ultimately, there is a path to launching 1 TW/year from Earth. > My estimate is that within 2 to 3 years, the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space. This is so obviously false. Fo…

> in what fantasy world would the ongoing operational and maintenance needs be 0?

Well, if you can't get there, you can't do maintenance, so there is zero maintenance :)

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by pantalaimon »

moomoo11 wrote: post #100
rybosworld wrote: post #70

> The basic math is that launching a million tons per year of satellites generating 100 kW of compute power per ton would add 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually, with no ongoing operational or maintenance needs. Ultimately, there is a path to launching 1 TW/year from Earth. > My estimate is that within 2 to 3 years, the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space. This is so obviously false. Fo…

They'll just be decommissioned and burn up in space. nVidia will make space-grade GPUs on a 2-3 year cycle.

They don't need to be space grade, consumer hardware will do just fine.

For AI a random bit flip doesn't matter much.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

#106

Post by protastus »

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.

Elon can't legally financially entangle Tesla to SpaceX due to Tesla being a public company, so his hands are tied.

Tesla is clearly benefiting from protectionism and its sales would collapse if BYD were allowed to openly sell in the US. Most people just want affordable, maintainable and reliable cars.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by afavour »

rybosworld wrote: post #70

> The basic math is that launching a million tons per year of satellites generating 100 kW of compute power per ton would add 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually, with no ongoing operational or maintenance needs. Ultimately, there is a path to launching 1 TW/year from Earth. > My estimate is that within 2 to 3 years, the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space. This is so obviously false. Fo…

As soon as a statement contains a timeframe estimate by Musk you know to disregard it entirely.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by padjo »

rybosworld wrote: post #70

> The basic math is that launching a million tons per year of satellites generating 100 kW of compute power per ton would add 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually, with no ongoing operational or maintenance needs. Ultimately, there is a path to launching 1 TW/year from Earth. > My estimate is that within 2 to 3 years, the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space. This is so obviously false. Fo…

It's always 2-3 years with this guy

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by estearum »

protastus wrote: post #106
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.

Elon can't legally financially entangle Tesla to SpaceX due to Tesla being a public company, so his hands are tied. Tesla is clearly benefiting from protectionism and its sales would collapse if BYD were allowed to openly sell in the US. Most people just want affordable, maintainable and reliable cars.

[Nearly] all is possible when you have a board of simps/cultists

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by grosswait »

SimianSci wrote: post #71

It's a CONSTANT stream of new ideas with no payoff at this point. Hyperloop > Neuralink > Self-Driving Cars > Robotaxi fleets > Personal Robots > Orbital Datacenters > [insert next vibe shift] At what point do people start to see the ever-shifting goalposts for what they are?

Don’t forget LEO satellite internet! Oh wait….
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