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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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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

One day we'll be shooting satellites out of the sky for sport

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

smoke screen. expect some mirrors

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

a good salesman would ride an ai guided rocket to mars.

[–] boogiebored@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Incredible there are people dumber than him giving him money when he says things like this. He is an absolute conman.

THERE’S NO INTERNET ON MARS

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Strapping a lead albatross to your space program is certainly a choice

[–] melfie@lemy.lol 1 points 1 week ago

Next up, a mass influx of refurbished GPUs that have been subjected ionizing radiation.

[–] Quexotic 0 points 1 week ago

AI and highly volatile fuel. What could possibly go wrong?

Smh

[–] manxu@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
xAI business model: hype  
SpaceX business model: government contracts  

The contracts stay when the hype dies. By merging the two companies, Musk avoids the collapse of one. To make this work, he needs more government contracts - I see a lot of groveling and boot licking in his immediate future.

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nationalize his companies. And shoot his ass into space so he can go hang out with the roadster floating around the solar system.

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