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David Pierce

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2713 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

we're going to get their financials and there's some early reporting and the information.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I believe that, that Starlink is like the only profitable part of SpaceX and the rest of it is like a money hole that the government subsidizes.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Which I think won't surprise most people, but we're, we're about to find out for real.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Um, so that's the very cynical answer is like you build a rocket company, you need a customer, right?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Did you, have you heard of Amazon?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Like there they are.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

So I think that's very cynical.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I think also in Amazon's character is to spend a bunch of money in infrastructure in the hopes that something happens.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And that is like the AWS story.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And if you run Amazon, you've got fleets of trucks and drivers.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

They're all in places where there's maybe not great cell service or internet, or maybe you don't want to be beholden to the AT&T and Verizons of the world.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And now you've got your own network.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

In the sky, you can run it however you want.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

A lot of packages moving all over the world.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Your Amazon, you don't have to do all these deals in all these places to get content.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

There's something there.