Musk’s Radical Plan to Cool Earth

Elon Musk is proposing large-scale geoengineering that would use space satellites to control Earth’s temperature to protect humanity for years to come. How exactly would this be accomplished? “Sentient satellites, launched into Earth-Sun Lagrange points by mass drivers on the Moon, can solve global warming for ~1B years.” This isn’t a new concept for Musk. Last year, he proposed launching an AI satellite network to control Earth’s sunlight intake. Allowing AI to control how much sunlight reaches our planet? Doesn’t that sound a little reckless? One AI hallucination or miscalculation could potentially turn Earth into a scorching wasteland or an ice ball. Musk estimates that there are only about 50 years to address the...

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