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ELON MUSK: Kardashev-Scale civilization will need Moon Bases and Mass Drivers. To reach a Kardashev-scale future for AI, humanity need space-based infrastructure including Moon bases, mass drivers, and large-scale solar power systems. Future AI may require energy at a scale far beyond what Earth can easily support. Solar-powered AI satellites launched from Earth could potentially generate terawatt-level power, but would require around 10 million tons of payload to orbit every year. That level of infrastructure could produce around twice the annual electricity use of the United States for AI power. The idea is not limited by physics; the real challenge is building at a massive enough scale. Lunar infrastructure could unlock petawatt-scale solar-powered AI, making Earth’s current economy look small by comparison.
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ELON MUSK: Kardashev-Scale civilization will need Moon Bases and Mass Drivers. To reach a Kardashev-scale future for AI, humanity need space-based infrastructure including Moon bases, mass drivers, and large-scale solar power systems. Future AI may require energy at a scale far beyond what Earth can easily support. Solar-powered AI satellites launched from Earth could potentially generate terawatt-level power, but would require around 10 million tons of payload to orbit every year. That level of infrastructure could produce around twice the annual electricity use of the United States for AI power. The idea is not limited by physics; the real challenge is building at a massive enough scale. Lunar infrastructure could unlock petawatt-scale solar-powered AI, making Earth’s current economy look small by comparison.

DogeDesigner

17,792 views • 3 months ago

Shaun Maguire on SpaceX IPO: "Starship is the railroad to space." "In 2019, it was very predictable that Starlink would work and produce a massive amount of revenue, and we called that right." "We're now in a very similar point to where Starlink was in 2019 with AI infrastructure and orbital compute." "I think people are really underestimating how far along the orbital compute product is right now." On the $22 trillion TAM: "What do you think is the TAM for intelligence? What's the TAM for all compute infrastructure 50 years from now?" "People are underappreciating how much infrastructure is going to be built in space and how much easier it is to access energy in space." "We're at the beginning of this AI era, and we're going to double or triple the total amount of intelligence that we have access to over the next decade — so yes, I absolutely believe in the TAM, and I would even argue it's an underestimate." How much is the "railroad to space" worth in the era of AI and orbital compute? Now imagine the railroad company also owns the AI and the orbital compute. Elon Musk Shaun Maguire
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Shaun Maguire on SpaceX IPO: "Starship is the railroad to space." "In 2019, it was very predictable that Starlink would work and produce a massive amount of revenue, and we called that right." "We're now in a very similar point to where Starlink was in 2019 with AI infrastructure and orbital compute." "I think people are really underestimating how far along the orbital compute product is right now." On the $22 trillion TAM: "What do you think is the TAM for intelligence? What's the TAM for all compute infrastructure 50 years from now?" "People are underappreciating how much infrastructure is going to be built in space and how much easier it is to access energy in space." "We're at the beginning of this AI era, and we're going to double or triple the total amount of intelligence that we have access to over the next decade — so yes, I absolutely believe in the TAM, and I would even argue it's an underestimate." How much is the "railroad to space" worth in the era of AI and orbital compute? Now imagine the railroad company also owns the AI and the orbital compute. Elon Musk Shaun Maguire

KanekoaTheGreat

39,709 views • 3 months ago

tesla is merging with spaceX. this announcement did all but confirm it. a multi-trillion dollar space/ai/robotics GIANT, a moon settlement and at the heart of it - the Terafab - here's why this is nuts: - tesla plans to ship 1-10 BILLION robots PER year. problem: global chip capacity is shit, doesn't scale. - Tesla's 'Terafab' will produce 1 TERAwatt of compute. 80% of that will go to outer-space to train AI (grok) via spaceX - terafab will make 2 AI chips: 1 for humanoid robots/cars and 1 for AI datacenters in space. - by housing everything under 1 roof - chip production speeds up by an order of magnitude. unbeatable. - moon settlement: the sun doesn't set in space. solar power is 5X larger in low-orbit space. much more on the moon (24/7 too!) - so elon will build a moon settlement! there is ZERO chance tesla survives without spaceX transporting these ai chips. elon estimates training AI in space will be CHEAPER THAN ON EARTH in 2-3 years. insane. (heres the full announcement if you wanna watch)
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tesla is merging with spaceX. this announcement did all but confirm it. a multi-trillion dollar space/ai/robotics GIANT, a moon settlement and at the heart of it - the Terafab - here's why this is nuts: - tesla plans to ship 1-10 BILLION robots PER year. problem: global chip capacity is shit, doesn't scale. - Tesla's 'Terafab' will produce 1 TERAwatt of compute. 80% of that will go to outer-space to train AI (grok) via spaceX - terafab will make 2 AI chips: 1 for humanoid robots/cars and 1 for AI datacenters in space. - by housing everything under 1 roof - chip production speeds up by an order of magnitude. unbeatable. - moon settlement: the sun doesn't set in space. solar power is 5X larger in low-orbit space. much more on the moon (24/7 too!) - so elon will build a moon settlement! there is ZERO chance tesla survives without spaceX transporting these ai chips. elon estimates training AI in space will be CHEAPER THAN ON EARTH in 2-3 years. insane. (heres the full announcement if you wanna watch)

Ejaaz

163,328 views • 5 months ago