Charlie Stross3d ago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/116242195809861609

I know what—I have an even worse business plan! Why don't we build all our new fission reactors IN SPAAACE? That way we'll be safe from the radiation and any meltdowns!

Also me: I am a teapot, short and stout: this is my handle and this is my spout …

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Show threadAndrew Plotkin3d ago

@cstross Okay, let me see if I have a handle on this…

⁃ Musk wants to IPO SpaceX.
⁃ So he wants to merge SpaceX and his AI company, because SpaceX looks better if he can glue in the $N-billion investments that he's getting for AI stuff.
⁃ He shouts “AI datacenters in space!" This has no business or economic meaning; it's just stringing VC buzzwords together for a SpaceX/XAI merger.
⁃ Nvidia says “Sure, boss, we can do you an AI-in-space chip.”

Show threadAndrew Plotkin
@cstross My assumption would be that Nvidia asks for a giant bucket of money and eventually gives Musk an off-the-shelf chip with a “SPAAAACE" sticker on it. But I don't know. The kabuki theater could get deep on both sides.
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Show threadDan Sugalski3d ago
@zarfeblong @cstross Jensen is as much a carnival barker and public bullshitter as Elon, except he's actually competent and doing far fewer drugs. I have no doubt he'll play along with this nonsense as long as it boosts his stock, and as soon as it stops he'll loudly slam the idea to get a second stock bump from his cleverly dodging some stupid.
Show threadNot The LBC Guy3d ago
@zarfeblong @cstross Nvidia will loan SpaceX $10bn in advance customer preferential loans, which SpaceX will turn around and give straight back to Nvidia to fund custom chip development, and both companies together will claim to have added $20bn in shareholder value.
Show threadElaine3d ago
@zarfeblong @cstross the space rating label will multiply the price per chip x1000 and the tech will be ten years old.
Show threadTrillion Byter3d ago
@Mschatelaine @zarfeblong @cstross lol. Here's your 500 nm chip with 3x ECC running at 800 MHz. $$$
Show threadmarcink3d ago
@zarfeblong @cstross Or they tell him that technically all data centers are already in space.
Show threadSeachaint3d ago
@zarfeblong @cstross Probably it'll have an optimised sleep instruction, given that's what it'll spend most of its time doing because of heat buildup
Show threadadamrice3d ago
@zarfeblong @cstross Except that Musk wants to build his own chip fab (with blackjack and hookers (probably literally with blackjack and hookers)), so he’d have no need of Nvidia in his completely baked fantasy world.