Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
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1 month ago
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| nytimes.com
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verzali
1 month ago
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It is fascinating watching his hardcore supporters pivot with him.
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moogly
1 month ago
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It's gyrating at this point.
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belter
1 month ago
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I call them Tech MAGA...
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King-Aaron
1 month ago
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Maybe he should complete the moon lander that he promised would be done by now
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rogerkirkness
1 month ago
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Not a fan of Elon but he said his job is 'To turn impossible engineering projects into late ones' and I thought that was pretty accurate.
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ggm
1 month ago
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"past performance is not a good guide to future performance" is what the finance industry says about the uncertain waters of investment.

If you think late delivery is a trendline to work with against the impossible, I have a self driving car to sell you. (it's not FSD. he delivered late, and he under-delivered to his sell)

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rogerkirkness
1 month ago
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I own a Tesla with FSD I bought in 2021 so I feel that. It clearly is far worse than Waymo still.
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King-Aaron
1 month ago
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I like that quote, however I wouldn't put my money behind someone who continually fails to deliver on projects.

Oh also the whole you know what going on.

But primarily the failure to deliver multiple highly-publicized projects all the while raking in colossal grant and investment money is just wild to me. If this were any other org, Elon would be beyond toast.

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SilverElfin
1 month ago
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It’s interesting because a year ago Musk dismissed the moon entirely. Now that Blue Origin is competitive with SpaceX and planning to land on the moon, Musk is dishonestly pivoting. I do find the mention of mass drivers disturbing - is Elon creating a space based weapon that threatens other countries?
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tim333
1 month ago
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There are probably easier way to threaten countries than lobbing stuff from the moon.
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bergie
1 month ago
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Somebody gave him a synopsis of Moon is a Hard Mistress that went something like "AI organises a libertarian polygamous utopia on moon after seceding from earth using mass driver as the threat"
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Zigurd
1 month ago
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He found that on Epstien's nightstand? And don't you dare edit the post.
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cosmicgadget
1 month ago
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Dude has poetry magnets that consist only of buzzwords. When he needs to raise money he just checks his fridge door.
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