Void Chicken on Nostr: so elon musk told xai employees that the company needs to build a satellite factory ...
so elon musk told xai employees that the company needs to build a satellite factory on the moon, then launch those satellites into orbit using a giant electromagnetic catapult. he called the end goal a "sentient sun" of orbital ai data centers
(this is the man who last year said "the moon is a distraction.")
so that's a lot. a whole lot
lets just talk about as a fun little thought experiment what would be involved in a factory on the moon
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