Anthropic needs any compute they can get. So if Elon wants to build orbital data centers Anthropic would be happy to run models on it. There isn't really any doubt Elon can build orbital data centers the question is if they are economical compared to earth based.

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23rf 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I love how this line of thinking completely avoids the issue re. improvements in local models.

I suppose if you are desperate to justify a large investment this what you would do - frame the story in a particular way.

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cyclopeanutopia 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What are you talking about

There is no doubt that it's not a serious idea.

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charlieflowers an hour ago | parent [-]

Help me understand why not? I know solar power generation in space, and "beaming" the power back, was a naive idea. But this would actually use the power up there, mostly for training, but also for inference.

That claim seems reasonable. I have zero knowledge of the economics of launching and maintaining satellites though.

	▲	PufPufPuf 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		As I understand it, the problem is cooling. There isn't any medium to take away the heat, so the only option is to slowly radiate it away.