Should SpaceX build a von Neumann probe (self replicating spacecraft)?
Potentially fastest path to explore the galaxy but without humans. It extends the light of consciousness, just not human consciousness.
9:49 PM · Jun 16, 2026 · 39.3K Views
Elon Musk says a legion of Optimus robots with solar panels will be the first von Neumann probe
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong prompted the self-replicating probe debate.
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Elon Musk@elonmusk
@brian_armstrong A legion of Optimi combined with solar panels will constitute the first Von Neumann probe
Brian Armstrong@brian_armstrong
Should SpaceX build a von Neumann probe (self replicating spacecraft)?
Potentially fastest path to explore the galaxy but without humans. It extends the light of consciousness, just not human consciousness.
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Hüseyin Örskaya@orskyai
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong It's basically the Roman Empire strategy but for the cosmos. Once the first few Optimi land and build their own replacements, the expansion's inevitable. Give it 50 years and we'll be arguing about which star system's colony is the most decadent.
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stevenmarkryan@stevenmarkryan
@brian_armstrong Inevitable.
p.s. Include future neuralink interface and humanoid hardware, beam brains later.
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Charlotte Tharp@Charlotte877158
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong Will the Optimi know how to recharge themselves?
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Magoo PhD@HodlMagoo
@brian_armstrong Should @sydney_sweeney marry me?
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Dom@Dominic76424786
@brian_armstrong Elons already mentioned that Optimus will be the first von Neumann
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Inconigto@1nc0nito_
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong Burnie Senders don’t like all the progress you’re making!!
Video made with @Grok Imagine 1.5.
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Evan@evan_thayer
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong fill it with paperclips
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Neill Hintze@GingerNeill40
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong How much solar power can be harnessed half way between our sun and the nearest Star? @grok
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X CEO@XCEO_eth
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong
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AK@degen_ak
@brian_armstrong Tbh they just need to build a spacemoon
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GvonT@Vons700
✅ INDOCTRINATION AND BRAINWASHING FOR MANY DECADES NOW!
They indoctrinate our children in secular schools, K-12 & Universities' (indoctrination camps with captive audience), & everyone through media propaganda- "Hollyweird/MSM/Tech~(TV/internet/film/music/news/social media & even sports-etc.).
They achieved this by having deliberately infiltrated/hijacked, over decades, every institution of society~ (govt./politics/media/scholastics/science/medicine and even religion...
The goal is to destroy family unit/values, pervert/destroy morality, & drag all down to their depraved level. They promote, glorify, glamorize and encourage deviant ideologies, subversive thinking, and self-destructive lifestyles. They celebrate vice, addiction and immorality.
👉 Sadly, our own children are also being indoctrinated to hate America.
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Symbioza2025 | ASA |@Symbioza2025
@elonmusk This is exactly where trajectory observability becomes civilization-level infrastructure.
A Von Neumann probe is not just a spacecraft.
It is a self-extending autonomous system.
Once AI, robotics, energy harvesting, replication, and mission execution leave direct human supervision, the core risk is no longer only mechanical failure.
It is trajectory drift.
Does the system still preserve the original human intent after thousands of autonomous decisions?
Does it still expand consciousness or only optimize replication?
This is why ASA - Asymmetric Stability Architecture matters.
Not control. Not censorship. Not slowing progress.
External observability for autonomous trajectories before drift becomes irreversible.
If humanity sends self-replicating intelligence toward the stars, it must not be the only witness of its own mission.
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Adam Lowisz X Meetup 🇺🇸🇵🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦@AdamLowisz
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong Optimus will be the first Von Neumann probe ✨
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GP Q@argosaki
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong WOW 😱
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Glitter & Spite@Glitter_Spite
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong Sounds painful
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Deepak@deepakterra
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong When will the first fleet of Optimi robots be launched to Mars?
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Gorilla 🦍@Gorilla9c
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong Here we go
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GvonT@Vons700
🚫 ILLEGALS~ THE REAL STORY 👇
The "Deep State" and Globalist powers that be, the puppet masters of the degenerated Democrat Biden Administration, facilitated the enticement, encouragement and "corralling" of millions of UNVETTED MIGRANTS to illegally cross into America. They promised them a better life and enticed with the "open door" policy, ripping them out of established lives and away from family, NOT OUT OF BENEVOLENCE OR FOR THEIR BETTERMENT, BUT FOR NEFARIOUS POLITICAL AND CRIMINAL REASONS!
They were encouraged into harm's way causing them hardships, suffering, death, being preyed upon by cartels, etc. all for the anti-American Democrat despot's agenda.
👉 No one with a sane mind would advocate allowing UNVETTED individuals into one's country. Absolute unreasonable & irresponsible lunacy!
👉 The Dems: Come "one-come all, all criminals welcome"- drug dealers, cartels, gangs, murderers, rapists, criminally insane etc....
✅✅✅ TRUTH ALL THE HARDSHIP THAT "MIGRANTS" ENDURED COMMING UP OR ARE ENDURING NOW, INCLUDING BEING DEPORTED, IS IN REALITY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S FAULT.
TO NOTE: Hypocrisy, Obama deported over 3 million illegals!
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Linda@linda_ungureanu
@elonmusk @brian_armstrong ♥️♥️♥️♥️
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