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>> to do what, exactly? Elon's primary motivation, his 'Roko's Basilisk', is a massive DoD program, which requires Republicans to fund. Twitter helps him curry
by georgeg23 4y ago
>> to do what, exactly?
Elon's primary motivation, his 'Roko's Basilisk', is a massive DoD program, which requires Republicans to fund. Twitter helps him curry favors to earn these (potentially ~$1-2T) Republican-backed contracts.
Mike Griffin is the ringleader but he's only useful when Republicans are in power (see parts about Elon and Space Development Agency / SDI). https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
The DoD program is a space constellation of ballistic missile defense satellites for tracking and targeting nuclear ballistic missiles, including HGVs and hypersonic cruise missiles".[110] " However, (UCS) warns developments could escalate tensions with Russia and China and called the project "fundamentally destabilizing".[111] They later called for a treaty halting development to prevent an arms race in space.[112]
Starlink's military satellite development is overseen internally at SpaceX by retired four-star general Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy.[113][114] O'Shaughnessy advocated before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services for a layered space capability with lethal follow-on that incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence to gather and act upon sensor data quickly.[115]
More info / references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Military_capabilities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Military_capabilities
- GekkePrutser 4y ago> O'Shaughnessy advocated before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services for a layered space capability with lethal follow-on that incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence to gather and act upon sensor data quickly So basically a doomsday machine. I understand the need for quick reaction but I really really would like to see a human in the chain to push the button. We've come way too close before like the Cuban crisis and Able Archer more specifically where all the data was screaming war but cool heads prevailed. Trust the world in the hands of an AI? Please no.
- Finnucane 4y ago>So basically a doomsday machine. The whole point of a doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret!
- analognoise 4y agoIt was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoNot really as far as I understand? It's a deterrent?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4y agoI believe that is a quote from Dr. Strangelove
- zimpenfish 4y ago> Able Archer And shortly before that started, Stanislav Petrov[1] saved us by using common sense to not press the button. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar...
- GekkePrutser 4y agoOh yes this is the incident I was referring to, actually. I thought it was the same. Somehow I remembered the troop buildup of Able Archer confirmed the invasion fear for the Soviets. But it sounds like that played no part in it. I must have remembered it wrong.
- zimpenfish 4y ago> Somehow I remembered the troop buildup of Able Archer confirmed the invasion fear for the Soviets. From what I remembered, and a quick scan of Wikipedia[1], you're not wrong. "In response, the Soviet Union readied their nuclear forces and placed air units in East Germany and Poland on alert. The Soviet 4th Air Army began loading nuclear warheads onto combat planes in preparation for war." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83
- no_wizard 4y agoI agree with you 100%. For all of humanities fallibleness, every averted nuclear close call was due to having a human in the loop[0] in one way or another. For instance, in 1960 Norway's sunrise was interpreted by radar in Greenland as a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Thankfully there were no automated responses, and humans in the loop realized the error quite quickly once they assessed all the surrounding facts [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls [1]: I couldn't help but think of this skit and pronunciation when seeing O'Shaughnessy from Key & Peel (video is linked to the pronunciation but its worth watching in its entirety if you like this kind of humor) https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw&t=142 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw&t=142
- 6510 4y agoJust that the last American died doesn't mean the war is lost.
- spacedcowboy 4y agoDid ... Did he not WATCH Terminator ? It was meant to be a dystopia, not an instruction manual!
- Kye 4y agoOr Dr. Strangelove There is no AI gap!
- cyberphobe 4y agoa lot of his little projects have a wrong-message-from-scifi-distopia kind of vibe
- ceejayoz 4y agoYes, like naming his drone ships after Iain M. Banks Culture ships. A universe where the good guys are the utopian communist space hippies, and the bad guys are billionaires with a monopoly on virtual Hells. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Detail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Detail)
- api 4y agoThis is one of the few posts I've seen touch on the question of: is there a pragmatic reason Elon would want to see a Republican or even "Trumpist" government. In other words: does he actually care about any of that culture war shit or is it just about big contracts?
- georgeg23 4y agoIt's surprising how much information about his real motivations are drowned out by all his noisy fake controversies.
- 6510 4y agoThe controversies are pretty much driving themselves now.
- kjs3 4y agoI think that probably comes from a belief that whatever happens to the wider world, his billions will insulate him from any inconvenience. "Who cares if the proles are ground under the boot, countries are destroyed and misery rules the land...as long as I have my billions FU I got mine". I know a disturbingly large number of people who fundamentally believe this, and not just extravagantly wealthy people.
- orwin 4y agoMy priors: 50% i don't know, 30% military contracts, 20% he is way more stupid and thin skinned than I thought. (The last part is growing each weeks)