Posted on 06/10/2026 9:11:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In this episode, John and I got to do a real deep-dive with Elon. We discuss the economics of orbital data centers, the difficulties of scaling power on Earth, what it would take to manufacture humanoids at high-volume in America, xAI’s business and alignment plans, DOGE, and much more.
Elon Musk -- "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space" | 2:49:45
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0:00:00 - Orbital data centers
0:36:46 - Grok and alignment
0:59:56 - xAI’s business plan
1:17:21 - Optimus and humanoid manufacturing
1:30:22 - Does China win by default?
1:44:16 - Lessons from running SpaceX
2:20:08 - DOGE
2:38:28 - TeraFab
Discussion of the availability of eledtrical power with a couple of podcasters.
I can see an advantage of being able to disconnect from it if needed as well. Kill the uplink.
Skynet is coming.
As the intro to “The Six Million Dollar Man” put it:
“We have the technology”.
Elon has it now. All he needs it to put it together and that’s just engineering. Then to take it to scale. Which he has a long track record of doing.
Like a most of Musk promises, expect looooonnnngggg delays in his timelines. Or complete non-performance.
(I’ll short SpaceX at any price above its IPO level of $135.)
Ah. Skynet
Dissipation of heat does not work the same way in space.
SpaceX has been doing just fine with that issue since it started up Starlink.
They just need a 22000 mile hose to pump cooling water to geosynchronous orbit.
One chunk of space debris is about all it might take to do a lot of damage if not destroy the vision. Sure there are “safe” orbits, it is a big sky.
If I was Bezos or someone who could I’d throw a rock at it. Oops, so solly.
Without listening to Elon, is it because it’s easier to dissipate heat? I guess you could stuff more processors in a smaller space if you don’t have to cool them. Getting power to them might be an issue. A solar array would need to be pretty large to handle the power needs.
I was looking at that IPO. The rookie investors all thing they will become SpaceX billionaires on Friday. Whenever “everyone” thinks it’s going to sky up….it might for a day…then it’s going to go down. Buying it after the 30 day holding period might be a better plan.
In any event, Elon will survive without my $10k.
If they put it up WAY high, it will be safe.
Need to watcg again.
No need for batteries because it’s always daytime in space, which means, photovoltaic power.
That, and possibly RTGs.
No, because it’s easier to generate solar power. Cells are 5 times more efficient because of the lack of atmosphere, and solar power costs 1times less because cells and frames are cheaper due to the absence of weans gravity and because no batteries are needed for continuous operation.
Weather, not weans
Downside, what if you can't get to the 'kill switch', and Skynet decides who gets to enter orbit?
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