Discovery of new physics will soon unlock atom-by-atom construction for building compute off-Earth.

Discovery of new physics will soon unlock atom-by-atom construction for building compute off-Earth. | like you said, Alex, you know, we'll be discovering new physics very soon. Somewhere in that discovery chain is the unlock to everything you just said. Be able to manufacture these things.

like you said, Alex, you know, we'll be discovering new physics very soon. Somewhere in that discovery chain is the unlock to everything you just said. Be able to manufacture these things.

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  "context": "Elon is already thinking about alternate ways to build from atom by atom up to build the compute to build all the components. And he's it's it's already cooked in his mind. You can tell when you talk to him. But that to me is like wow. And like you said, Alex, you know, we'll be discovering new physics very soon. Somewhere in that discovery chain is the unlock to everything you just said.",
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