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>>g-mork+(OP)
> The basic math is that launching a million tons per year of satellites generating 100 kW of compute power per ton would add 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually, with no ongoing operational or maintenance needs. Ultimately, there is a path to launching 1 TW/year from Earth.

> My estimate is that within 2 to 3 years, the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space.

This is so obviously false. For one thing, in what fantasy world would the ongoing operational and maintenance needs be 0?

>>rybosw+u5
> For one thing, in what fantasy world would the ongoing operational and maintenance needs be 0?

Do you not understand how satellites work? They don't send repair people into space.

This has been a solved problem for decades before the AI gold rush assumed they have some new otherworldly knowledge to teach the rest of the world.

>>tokyob+Y9
> They don't send repair people into space.

There were five separate flights to service the Hubble telescope. It was designed from the beginning to be repaired and upgraded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-125