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

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat

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

>...Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue

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BillK

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BillK, we need a subcategory: those who think the orbiting data center is a good idea, but who know it won't work.  I derived the math model for it 34 years ago and found there wasn't enough power available and even if there is enough power from a nuclear reactor, there isn't nearly enough heat rejection capacity.  It would be cool as all hell if we could, but... analogous to all hell... it gets too hot.

Aside: I was always reluctant to accept what my own equations told me because it contradicts Nikolai Kardashev, who is smarter than I am.  But math is the boss, the totalitarian dictator.  It defeats the commies and capitalists alike.  The math demonstrates that no civilization can ever harness a very large fraction of its star's energy, not now, not later, not in a galaxy far far away a long time ago, not ever.  Damn.

spike