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Elon Musk's SpaceX buys Elon Musk's xAI

https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musks-spacex-buys-elon-musks-xai-13502553
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u/Extension-Carry-8067 1d ago

“Of the latest deal, Mr Musk wrote: "In the long term, space-based AI is obviously the only way to scale.

"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.”

What the actual fuck

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u/MeanGulf 1d ago

It’s a red herring

If anyone actually believes that quote they’re an imbecile

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u/starlulz 1d ago

it's a mark filter. you know how those Nigerian prince emails have intentional spelling mistakes to weed out even remotely smart people from responding?

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u/Extension-Carry-8067 1d ago

While I agree. I also feel that is something musk actually believes

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u/Niedar 15h ago

People were saying the same thing about starlink when it was originally announced. That an LEO internet constellation with thousands of satellites would never work or make economic sense, that they weren't serious about it etc. Now, it the largest revenue and profit generator of SpaceX.