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 Plotkin3d ago
@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.
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 Byter
@Mschatelaine @zarfeblong @cstross lol. Here's your 500 nm chip with 3x ECC running at 800 MHz. $$$
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