Elon Musk - "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”
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“Those who live in software land are about to have a hard lesson in hardware.”
Playback speed × Share post Share post at current time Share from 0:00 0:00 / Generate transcript A transcript unlocks clips, previews, and editing. 505 305 62 Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space” “Those who live in software land are about to have a hard lesson in hardware.” Dwarkesh Patel Feb 05, 2026 505 305 62 Share Transcript In this episode, John and I got to do a real deep-dive with Elon. We discuss the economics of orbital data centers, the difficulties of scaling power on Earth, what it would take to manufacture humanoids at high-volume in America, xAI
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