Well, by that logic, drones must not fly at all. Unless you say that a grenade over your own head must also be disallowed.

xAI's data centers in space (should they happen) will push the frontier of war firmly overhead too.

Hey now, we had space stations with cannons in what, the 70s?

To the parent poster's point.

A six-hour disruption to OpenAI would bring down the economy if the jobs are replaced by AI. Maybe Grok runs in orbit, but in that case needs a space security force or massive payola scheme to keep from being disrupted by China or Russia.

VCs steer their portfolio companies to buy from each other. They can even steer some to buy from a certain one to juice revenue from that certain one for a higher valuation, at a great multiplier of the money they'll lose on the purchasers.

This sounds sort of the same: "Look at the growth in Grok as of the IPO time!"

Any country is at risk of hostile takeover by conquest-loving parties, so there is unfortunately a need for arms parity to some degree. It takes only a generation to flip the table.

This is what happens when you elevate faith over reason. Let's get a flat-earth promoter as FAA head.

He could easily state that some disaster was from god and that providing relief contradict god's will.

Unwavering allegiance to the current head of state seems to be the only technical qualification required for one party in the US. Being thoroughly mentally unfit or profoundly incapable of functioning in the role you’re being paid for seems to be a little consequence now.

Which leads us to a FEMA director in charge of disaster response for the country believing that he was “teleported” not to the moon or some cool spaceship. But to a goddamn Waffle House (against his will).

It's generally accepted to claim belief in any number of Gods in polite company. I'm never quite clear on where the line is supposed to be.

At least they could make landing on a flat, non-spherical surface would be much easier, I guess.

Every developer at Oracle knows that if their manager can replace them, they're gone. Every manager should realize that if their director can delete them, they will. Every director knows that if their senior director can remove them, they will. Only the board members and statutory officers are safe, everyone else that can be replaced by AI will be.

Statutory Officer? What's that and how do i become one?

The law requires corporations to have certain officers like a president. Oracle can't just fire their president and eliminate the position. They can still fire their president, but then they have to stick someone else into the slot. If I were Oracle's president, that requirement wouldn't make me feel any safer.

And their relationship with science is... anything but their own commercial interest?

A data center that consumes 5GW produces 5GW of heat, yes? Or 4.8 GW of heat and 0.2 GW of noise. Roughly?

Even the noise turns into heat

Absolutely, just annoys the neighbors along the way.