China launches first of 2,800 satellites for AI space computing constellation China launched 12 satellites early Wednesday for a pioneering on-orbit computing project led by startup ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab.
  • Alex@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Where is the benefit in doing all that compute in space? AIUI radiating all that heat in a vacuum is quite hard.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      The article mentions edge computing. If you’re taking your data in space, it’s easier to compute it in space than sending it back to Earth.

    • JoShmoe@ani.socialEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      Instead of having to train AI models on data collected elsewhere, they could learn autonomously using whatever built in instruments.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        What kind of data would you collect with these instruments?

        I’m guessing we’re talking stuff like climate science and weather? Still you could collect it from satellites and then process it down here on earth.