[overgard]

I'm pretty sure he's full of shit and has zero real intention of building orbital data centers. It makes for a good headline, which is what these AI companies are in the business of. The math doesn't math and the logistics of maintaining and building the datacenter seem insane.

[ericd]

They claim they want to get to a gigawatt per year by the end of next year, so we won't have to wait long to see.

[bandrami]

He also claimed in 2015 that nobody would be driving their own cars by 2018. Meanwhile I've seen a driverless car once in my life.

[ericd]

Sure, I think everyone knows he's not batting 1000. I've used Waymos and FSD, and they were both great, so I don't think we're too far off now.

[Sammi]

My man, it's 2026.

How long will you have to wait for the spacex claims to become "not too far off now"?

[ericd]

Which claims? I’ve been a SpaceX investor for about 8 years now, I’m completely satisfied with their progress, even despite the Starship setbacks, they’ve done astounding work on all fronts. I’m not holding my breath for humans on Mars or us becoming a Kardashev 2 civilization, if that’s what you’re asking.

[bandrami]

Do you hold hopes for finding a revenue stream to outweigh the massive influx of AI debt Musk glued onto SpaceX?

[TiredOfLife]

I have seen 3 people use iPhones in 18 years.