This plan is predicated on people as stupid as you, but with lots of money. That exists, so this con exists. We're all impressed, though, with your willingness to tell us how stupid you are.

"There is not a single aspect of this were the idea is actually good."

Well, it's good for convincing morons like Marc Andreessen that Elon Musk is a visionary. That's all it's about, the actual tactics are to simply take whatever they want and the country can FO. Of course it's a terrible idea, but investors don't know that.

"It looks like the cost to orbit is going to decrease substantially..."
Does it though? As long as you ignore the costs that won't.

"...and solar up there can cover all the power needs 24/7..."
Definitionally, as solar would be what is available. And if you can't cool it you can't power it, so power isn't really a constraint.

"...and so far Space NIMBYs have not had much effect on those mega constellations."
What mega constellations? You are better than that. And the government is already talking about China playing keep-out on the moon. Space NIMBY is the Trump plan, you can be certain it is also the plan for AI companies. The first step is for them to get theirs, the second step is to prevent you from getting yours. What NIMBY is all about.

Correct, it has utterly nothing to do with the topic. It is a characteristic of /. and of the OP.

I am in my 60s, these problems were known in the space program when I was a child, almost certainly known well before that. The topic is a joke, it only exists because Elon Musk is a moron, as are Silicon Valley billionaires generally. Anyone can be an expert on this subject, it is completely known.

I don't know why you're concerned about what happens to the Mac, the whole Mac vs. windows vs linux/unix workstation has been dead now for some time. We now live in a fully connected world where most users are connected through web browsers and are the intended victims.

And the entire computing model itself in fundamentally broken. We need a model where nothing is permitted except what is explicit based on identifying who you are, an identity that is distributed and internet-based. We've known this has been needed for decades and there have been tepid attempts, but exploitation is too profitable and we are seeing the consequences.

Of course, people will decry big brother, but the consequences of big government are nothing compared to the consequences of no government...that's what we are seeing. Brazenly, actively subverting EVERYTHING is the plan, people need to wake up. Apple's not going to save you, they're too busy slurping Trump's b-hole. They're doing a nice job with processors too, but that doesn't mean they aren't the enemy. Silicon Valley plans to exploit you and discard you.

"As AI agents become increasingly capable and autonomous..."

The literal definition of an AI agent is software that is fully autonomous, an AI agent cannot "become increasingly autonomous".

No user should ever install software like this for any reason. The greater concern is how vendors will sneak this garbage onto systems despite users' best efforts.

"You must be a Boomer."
And you are both ignorant and bigoted.

"I've been involved in several news stories ..."
Yikes. That settles it.

"...when people were only able to read Government-Approved Nonsense..."
There's that ignorance again.

"Their democracy is where they tell us who to vote for and we vote for them... and that's failing hard in a world where people aren't limited to whatever "news" the Telescreen feeds them."
Trump said if we elected him in 2024 the country wouldn't need to vote again. Sound good to you?

"...and that's failing hard in a world where people aren't limited to whatever "news" the Telescreen feeds them."
Your solution is more unconstrained social media? Have that "Telescreen" feed even more?

We know you're MAGA, the fascism is what you voted for. Some of us prefer actual democracy.

"Yeah, censorship is bad. "

Except it's not. Bad is bad, censorship is neither good nor bad. It is what is censored and why that is potentially bad. And there isn't censorship here, only the OP's bogeyman.

And with AI and social media, lack of government oversight IS GIVING TOOLS TO THE OTHER SIDE.

Yes, but who's going to make that law? The very people Sam Altman has bought? That's the game, you're the target.

Who is everyone voting for again?

It's the number of billions. Our federal government is a criminal organization as well, its president an adjudicated rapist, con man and thief.

Remember that Sam Altman's competitor bought access to the federal government in order to steal data and destroy evidence of his own criminality. And that guy is worshipped by many here. Criminal organization is a feature.

It is clearly a feature, it is the VERY reason why companies like openAI are in such a rush to deploy agents like this. It is the goal of this software and what differentiates it to create the profit potential. The interesting thing here is the use of "rogue", when it is intentional it is not "rogue".

Trump did make sure Putin got the information, so what's the problem?

And Musk stole every piece of information he could get his hands on anyway.

The right people get access and the wrong people don't? Sure, that must be why family members who can't qualify for clearances get them anyway.

When have you ever "navigated complex government systems" and how is anything other than presentation of needed information justified?

"However, if you ask who was the president starting the year 2020, it does say Biden."

Which would be wrong.