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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago (2 children)

it won't be though. spacex tech is massively reliant on NASA. if they do it they'll hurt spacex in the long run. which means they'll probably do it because musk is a fucking moron.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"... in the long run"

These aren't people who understand what "in the long run" means.

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 19 points 11 months ago

This quarters profits must be higher than last quarters. Fuck anything beyond that

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Surely he'll strip NASA, put the bits he wants up for sale, then buy them for cheap.

Sure the best staff might leave, but he'll probably keep enough of the organisation to get something out of it.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

he's gonna have to find more indentured slaves

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

indentured slaves can actually work though

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Haha yeah, those bots are garbage. But the Figure 2 bots are already testing in BMW plants. And Elon won't even have to threaten Open AI with regulation to get new tech. He can prolly just take from Boston Dynamics military contracts.