Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Elon Musk revealed plans for xAI to build a factory on the moon to manufacture A.I. satellites, along with a massive lunar catapult called a mass driver to launch them into space.
- The lunar facility aims to provide significant computing power for xAI’s artificial intelligence development, leveraging space-based resources.
- Musk emphasized the necessity of going to the moon to achieve unprecedented A.I. capabilities, describing the potential intelligence as difficult to imagine but exciting.
- xAI is merging with SpaceX to support these ambitions, including creating A.I. data centers in outer space, with SpaceX preparing for a potential initial public offering as soon as June.
- Details on how the lunar factory and mass driver would be constructed were not disclosed
