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Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by gz5 »

IF we develop beyond earth...then AI, robots and connectivity will likely be huge parts of it.

+ spacex already is the best way for many payloads to get to space.

+ starlink is already the best low orbit based connectivity solution.

+ x is already a great way to train virtual world AI.

+ tesla (and its robots) is a great way to train physical world AI.

+ space takes big $ and talent - this combo would have both.

the IF at the top is just that. but feels like an interesting convo for this crowd.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by fluoridation »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #577
taurath wrote: post #468

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We don’t even have a habitable structure in space when the ISS falls, there is no world in which space datacenters are a thing in the next 10, I’d argue even 30 years. People really need to ground themselves in reality. Edit: okay Tiangong - but that is not a data center.

> We don’t even have a habitable structure in space Silicon is way more forgiving than biology. This isn’t an argument for this proposal. But there is no technical connection between humans in space and data centers other than launch-cost synergies.

Okay, but a human being represents what, 200 W of power? The ISS has a crew of 3, so that's less than a beefy single user AI workstation at full tilt. If the question is whether it's practical to put 1-2 kW worth of computing power in orbit, the answer is obviously yes, but somehow I don't think that's what's meant by "datacenter in space".

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by stephenr »

chopete3 wrote: post #379

This is definitely better than merging with Tesla. They can sell xAI/Grok to all automobile companies along with Tesla and other businesses(X.com included) just like the SpaceX services. It would good to see how it was valued.

I'm not sure if this is meant to be sarcasm but is there really a need in the car market for on-demand CSAM? What actual use does Grok or any LLM have in a car?

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by SmirkingRevenge »

dgxyz wrote: post #417
gok wrote: post #45

> it is possible to put 500 to 1000 TW/year of AI satellites into deep space, meaningfully ascend the Kardashev scale and harness a non-trivial percentage of the Sun’s power We currently make around 1 TW of photovoltaic cells per year, globally. The proposal here is to launch that much to space every 9 hours, complete with attached computers, continuously, from the moon. edit: Also, this would capture a very trivial…

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At best, he should be a persona non grata across just about every aspect of society.

Even if you discount all the Nazi crap, he's directly responsible for deaths of 600,000+ people, mostly kids, for his illegal destruction of USAID.

What a tremendous failure it is that this guy is still allowed such a prominent place in society.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by henry2023 »

SimianSci wrote: post #113

The Goalpost shift continues, If elon were working for me, I would have fired him for having never delivered on any of his projects. Hyperloop > Neuralink > Self-Driving Cars > Robotaxi fleets > Personal Robots > Orbital Datacenters > [Insert next]

The guy also was super excited to go rap3 some k1ds in the island. Gladly he also failed at this.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by lugao »

gok wrote: post #45

> it is possible to put 500 to 1000 TW/year of AI satellites into deep space, meaningfully ascend the Kardashev scale and harness a non-trivial percentage of the Sun’s power We currently make around 1 TW of photovoltaic cells per year, globally. The proposal here is to launch that much to space every 9 hours, complete with attached computers, continuously, from the moon. edit: Also, this would capture a very trivial…

Only people who never interacted with data center reliability think it's doable to maintain servers with no human intervention.

Re: xAI joins SpaceX

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Post by angled »

lugao wrote: post #608
gok wrote: post #45

> it is possible to put 500 to 1000 TW/year of AI satellites into deep space, meaningfully ascend the Kardashev scale and harness a non-trivial percentage of the Sun’s power We currently make around 1 TW of photovoltaic cells per year, globally. The proposal here is to launch that much to space every 9 hours, complete with attached computers, continuously, from the moon. edit: Also, this would capture a very trivial…

Only people who never interacted with data center reliability think it's doable to maintain servers with no human intervention.

But … but what if we had solar-powered AI SREs to fix the solar-powered AI satellites… /in space/?
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