> You can't disconnect. You can't shoot it.

Yes you can shoot them. The US has had this capability for a long time. Anti satellite missiles exist and they can be launched from an F-15 at it's highest altitude.

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bpodgursky 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

SpaceX has 11,000 satellites in orbit (growing rapidly) and the US never had more than a couple dozen anti satellite missiles, which could not reach satellites in geosynchronous orbit anyway.

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warmwaffles 3 days ago | parent [-]

Well if "kessler syndrome" is likely, you won't need many missiles.

edit: what satellites are in geosynchronous orbit that are running AI workloads?

	▲	bpodgursky 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		None yet... we are talking about the next five years.

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heaney-555 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

SpaceX's FFC application is for 1 million Starmind satellites.

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petilon 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's if SpaceX AI doesn't hack into the systems that control this capability first. And this is why physical access is important, as depicted in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

	▲	Betelbuddy 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		SpaceX AI will be busy generating child porn...

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palmotea 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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