Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun

Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.

"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars," Musk wrote in a bizarre blog post published to SpaceX's website on Monday.

Musk argues that demand for AI cannot be satisfied with terrestrial resources, that building datacenters in space is therefore necessary as only limitless solar energy can power all the AI humans want to work with, and that SpaceX’s Starship can do the job of getting this all into orbit.

"My estimate is that within two to three years, the lowest cost way ...