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>>g-mork+(OP)
> it is possible to put 500 to 1000 TW/year of AI satellites into deep space, meaningfully ascend the Kardashev scale and harness a non-trivial percentage of the Sun’s power

We currently make around 1 TW of photovoltaic cells per year, globally. The proposal here is to launch that much to space every 9 hours, complete with attached computers, continuously, from the moon.

edit: Also, this would capture a very trivial percentage of the Sun's power. A few trillionths per year.

>>gok+h4
I couldn't believe that was an actual quote from the article. It is.

These people are legit insane.

>>titzer+GB
No it's just Musk's Big Idea for spacex to hype it before IPO. It's their version of FSD, robots etc.

You've got to hand it to him, he is a bullshitter par excellence.

>>nprate+ZX
How people still believe his bullshit is unfathomable.

>>thfura+C61
You don't have to believe one's bullshit. You just have to believe others will believe the bullshit.

>>potami+Vf1
This is the moving force behind all investments of the past decade or so. Crypto? Everyone involved knows it's empty, but they hype it up anyway because they believe some people buy the bullshit, and plenty of people gobble it up and signal boost it because they think they're ahead of the pack. NFTs, same thing. Tesla stocks was probably the one that started it. Pokemon cards.