Elon Musk was in Saudi Arabia where he predicted tens of billions of humanoid bots. Saudi Arabia and Elon Musk are verbally discussing having Tesla robotaxi and humanoid bots in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia signed up for Starlink Service. There is also talk about Boring Company for Tunnels.
Elon also posted that he is thinking about how to create a Terawatt of AI data center as soon as possible. This would be doubling the energy of the United States which would be about one billion GPUs.
xAI is building as fast as possible and already has 300,000 GPU AI chips installed and is scaling to about one million chips around the end of 2025.
If you watch the latest Optimus dancing video in slow motion, you’ll notice that it’s not just dancing, but it’s hopping and balancing on one foot. Also, the string in the back isn’t even holding Tesla Bot up! This level of dynamic balance and control is EXTREMELY difficult to… pic.twitter.com/xsFSjX5ssx
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Musk Touted the Culture Science Fiction Book Series by Banks’ as the Best View of the Optimistic Future
Post-Scarcity Society
The Culture has eliminated material want, poverty, and inequality, allowing its citizens to pursue fulfillment, creativity, and pleasure without economic constraints
Personal Freedom and Cooperation
Individuals enjoy almost complete freedom, limited only by the need to respect others’ autonomy. The society values cooperation and the common good, rather than competition and hierarchy
Technological Benevolence
Technology, especially AI, is portrayed as a force for good, enabling utopian living conditions and supporting a benign worldview
Moral Complexity and Growth
While the Culture is utopian, Banks does not ignore its flaws. Many novels explore the ethics of intervention in less advanced societies and the consequences.
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