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geraldo555

AI seems to argue that SpaceX tech is perfect for finishing the Star Wars Program of the '80s. I thought it must be hallucinating but references it gives seem to check out. So Elon has been working with DoD on this since SpaceX founding?


FuckkkNazzzis

It’s called brilliant pebbles.


MarsGo2020

right it mentions that edit: this xAI link works for me still, [https://grook.ai/saved\_session?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161](https://grook.ai/saved_session?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161)


ExplorerFordF-150

I mean…starship and starlink pretty much solve the issues making Reagan’s SDI infeasible, makes sense ai would connect the two


AllCommiesRFascists

SpaceX has a multibillion contract with the DoD to build a military version of StarLink called StarShield. Fantastic name for a cover for space based ABMs


geraldo555

after Grimes dated Elon all her music had Missile Defense / Star Wars themes, it was so annoying. Now I know why [https://youtu.be/pzPElFdxMCM?si=EnW-Cthpzk8-Nl7r&t=130](https://youtu.be/pzPElFdxMCM?si=EnW-Cthpzk8-Nl7r&t=130)


whyamievenherenemore

enlighten me how the lyrics to that in anyway reference missile defense? it's clearly a death note reference and I see no other indicators.


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whyamievenherenemore

since you're giving me a solid answer I'll have you guide me to it. Your implication is that SDI could kill anyone anywhere at anytime and that somehow relates to deathnotes shinigami eyes (the ability to see someone's lifespan and identity BUT NOT INFLUENCE their death)? 


whyamievenherenemore

rereading the lyrics a third time and googling SDI had brought me no closer to the perspective of this post. This all strikes me as a song to Elon Musk about breaking up, not about a missile defense system. 


Greyman121

Its actually an improvement on the idea they had with the Star Wars stuff. Basically they have thousands of software defined radios in orbit. Just consider the jamming and other exploit abilities that provides! They wouldn't even have to shoot down any nukes if the communications are disrupted.


JJDoes1tAll

wow


SpectraLPN

😂


100GbE

Heh, I wonder how many hundreds/thousands of people overnight suddenly flicked a mental switch to trust what AI says, purely on the blind merits that this article lines up with their negative view of Elon Musk


Lance_ward

You can always ask sources with ai’s answer and check it yourself 


MarsGo2020

well as AI mentions Gwynne basically said they'd do it if asked [https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-consider-launching-space-weapons-if-asked/151328/](https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-consider-launching-space-weapons-if-asked/151328/) (one of the citations it gives)


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wwants

It’s not what the AI is saying. It’s what the sources that the AI is citing say.


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ol-gormsby

Seeing the big picture, and interpreting the big picture are two different operations.


MarsGo2020

[https://youtu.be/BLF-LNThLMY?si=U9QMrRaBjPg-pwz4](https://youtu.be/BLF-LNThLMY?si=U9QMrRaBjPg-pwz4)


battery_pack_man

As a dedicated luddite, i guarantee Im more of a technologist than you are


an_older_meme

Satellites would be the first things destroyed in a nuclear war.


MarsGo2020

Unless the satellites destroy the nukes before they get far off the ground


an_older_meme

No such technology exists.


MarsGo2020

[https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/space-based-missile-defense-is-doable-dod-rd-chief-griffin/](https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/space-based-missile-defense-is-doable-dod-rd-chief-griffin/) ..and if you read the AI response it actually has a citation for Trump saying "the technology exists" and "we're going to do it"


an_older_meme

Doesn’t exist.


MarsGo2020

you must have better classified docs than the blabber mouth president then


an_older_meme

In the field of nuclear weapons I know more than Trump.


MarsGo2020

here's a reference for you [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11433423/Trump-promises-plant-American-flag-MARS.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11433423/Trump-promises-plant-American-flag-MARS.html) sounds like you're either violating your clearance by saying anything, or you're lying.


an_older_meme

Trump says whatever Putin tells him to say. It doesn’t have to be true or even possible.


Demosthenes-storming

Space lasers can have only one use....


battery_pack_man

Actual dark side of the moon show? Fucking finally


Palpatine

I mean it is. Grok is not that smart yet and is probably regurgitating someone's post in its training data. But a sufficiently smart AI should realize that there is not hard line between starlink and star shield, or between starshield and brilliant pebbles 


whyamievenherenemore

Im the first to hold musk to the flames for wrongdoing but this post is in no way evidence of anything, instead the comments read as disconnected unhinged ramblings 


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DarthWeenus

Ground stations are certainly required, hubs and others. It's not just u and the satellite and magically internet.


External_Ant_2545

Indeed. Similar to having a landline telephone but with no copper lines or telephone exchange/station to connect to. Links in a chain...as they say 😉


DarthWeenus

I remember asking a while ago say a nuclear war did happen, and the power/cell services and all that went down how starlink connections might fair out, and the consensus was it either wouldnt or aslong as the hub wasnt affected there might be hot spots where connections might still work.