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Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue (tech.yahoo.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

I suspect Musk is trying to ensure his satellites are up before anyone else's, so when the inevitable legislation is enacted to control who launches what, he already "owns" the lion's share of "orbital real estate".

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    They're not going to put up these satellites, because they won't be close to usable or affordable. Either the workloads will be miniscule, or the cost to put them into orbit is prohibitive.

    The whole pitch was a cool sounding "space age" solution to a problem with AI datacentres that everyone is aware of. It was just a snakeoil salesman's promise just so he could con investors out of money for his sweet 1.7 trillion.

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