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>>ajyoon+(OP)
Electric cars make no sense.

Reusable rockets make no sense.

Autonomous cars make no sense.

Data centers in space make no sense. <--- You are here.

Humanoid robots make no sense.

>>Zanni+bc1
- Electric motors were invented in 1827 and one of the first things the inventor did was a toy electric car in 1827. The first proper electric car was 1890, and they were popular as golf carts and milk floats through the 1900s. What they were lacking was good enough batteries. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle#History

- Reusable rockets have been a thing since the Space Shuttle in 1981, building on a 1969 plan for reusable space vehicles. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle

- Autonomous cars: human chauffeurs and taxis (and trains) so we can be moved around without doing the driving, go back to the first cars. We haven't had the technology to build them (and arguably don't and won't have until we get near AGI).

- Data centers in space ... ???? Bueller? Bueller?

- Humanoid robots were seen in Fritz Lang's Metropolis film in 1927, they've always made sense. What doesn't make sense is lying about having built humanoid robots and then having to admit they were being remote controlled, cough Tesla.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)