Earth will develop a visible halo/ring of AI satellites; could be visible at night and possibly day.

Earth will develop a visible halo/ring of AI satellites; could be visible at night and possibly day. | based on the FCC filings of of SpaceX under one preferred implementation, the Earth starts to develop a halo. That would be a halo where if it's sufficiently dense, it would be visible at night, might even be visible during the day.

based on the FCC filings of of SpaceX under one preferred implementation, the Earth starts to develop a halo. That would be a halo where if it's sufficiently dense, it would be visible at night, might even be visible during the day.

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  "context": "based on the FCC filings of of SpaceX under one preferred implementation, the Earth starts to develop a halo. That would be a halo where if it's sufficiently dense, it would be visible at night, might even be visible during the day. And I I I'm completely captivated by this notion that uh maybe not a mature civilization because I have a feeling a halo of orbiting AI satellites is just a phase as well before we we exhaust solar synchronous orbit around Earth and we move to the sun and solar orbits.",
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