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Elon Musk agrees that the space economy will be crucial for scaling AI compute and handling most internet traffic.
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Arthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters): The space economy should probably be thought of as an order of magnitude greater (or two), in large part because it will be absolutely necessary for the continued scaling of AI compute and power
It will also likely carry the vast majority of internet traffic (which will also
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