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Private space agency and LLMs both seem like big industries going nowhere driven by sci-fi hopes and dreams.
by cdchn 2y ago
Private space agency and LLMs both seem like big industries going nowhere driven by sci-fi hopes and dreams.
- sfblah 2y agoNot sure I agree with you here. I use LLMs all the time for work. I've never once used a space agency for anything.
- cdchn 2y agoI think they're both overhyped by sci-fi optimism but I would agree (even being mostly an AI minimalist) the impact of LLMs (and their improvement velocity) is a lot meaningful to me right now. I mean satellites are cool and all.
- macintux 2y agoGPS, weather forecasting, tv broadcasting…I’ve been using a space agency for as long as I’ve been alive.
- blendergeek 2y agoMy Dad uses SpaceX to work from home every day.
- starspangled 2y agoSpaceX is not a private space agency though, it is a private space launch and satellite communications company, which has revolutionized access to space and access to communication, providing enormous social benefit. People use SpaceX every day even if they never connected to a starlink -- the lower costs that governments pay for space launches means more money for other things, not to mention no longer paying Russia for launches or engines.
- blendergeek 2y agoIts interesting how first impressions can be so deceiving. The world's largest private space agency (SpaceX) has completely changed the game in rural internet connectivity. Once upon a time, large chunks of the US had no reliable high speed internet. SpaceX has brought high-speed low-latency internet to every corner of the globe, even the middle of the ocean and Antarctica. This isn't going nowhere even if it seems that way.
- latexr 2y ago> SpaceX has brought high-speed low-latency internet to every corner of the globe Which sounds all well and good until you realise it’s at the complete whims of one highly misinformed and reactionary individual. He’s one made-up article away from turning sides and fucking everything up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#General_reactions_over_Elon_Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Views_of_Elon_Musk#Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Views_of_Elon_Musk#Russian_inv...
- inemesitaffia 2y agoIt's not going nowhere though.