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as game-changing as starship is, we’re all probably still underestimating it. elon’s essentially describing a space civilization with power and intelligence capacity far exceeding earth’s within our lifetimes. a lunar base building 100TW of satellites implies some level of space mining, even if earth launch remains cheaper for a while. that much power in orbit would probably also be moved around via beaming. terrestrial + interstellar travel applications are obvious. it also means elon is probably von neumann-pilled: AI-driven, power-hungry satellites spreading outward on lasers and self-replication. their TAM is literally the limits of sci fi. starship + AI really changes everything.
Starship solves logistics; optimus + grok solves labor and intelligence. highly simplified, but not hard to see where this is headed
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GP @ a16z ... questionable heuristics in a grossly underdetermined world
I can't get enough of these AI generated, 3D cozy space capsules. (source image in reply ... ) No idea why there is a maple leaf on the floor. Must be Canadian ...
GP @ a16z ... questionable heuristics in a grossly underdetermined world
european tech people now starting to realize it might not be a bubble after all.
Reasoning models coming (very) soon. Co-founder @pleiasfr
european tech people now starting to realize it might not be a bubble after all.
Reasoning models coming (very) soon. Co-founder @pleiasfr
codex for doing multiple things at once:
President & Co-Founder @OpenAI