[ExI] Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis

[Brent Allsop]

"But the *emerging consensus* is that the plan isn’t just overly ambitious;
it would require several technological revolutions to overcome glaring
engineering challenges."

Right, and the emerging popular linear progress thinking consensus is that
humanity will never achieve immortality.

It's too bad we lack a more formal way to build and track "emerging
consensus"; without that, we're screwed.





On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering
> from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
>
> "It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper
> written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable AI can get
> VC funding these days."
> By Victor Tangermann  Published Jun 30, 2026
>
> <
> https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/orbital-data-centers-ai-psychosis
> >
> Quote:
> But the emerging consensus is that the plan isn’t just overly
> ambitious; it would require several technological revolutions to
> overcome glaring engineering challenges.
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> BillK
>
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