Today, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promoted their desire to “make Star Trek genuine”– while automatically advising us of what the utopian sci-fi franchise is essentially about.

Their Tuesday occasion was the most recent in Hegseth’s continuous “Arsenal of Freedom” trip, which was held at SpaceX head office in Starbase, Texas. (Itself a recently developed town that takes its name from a term promoted by Star Trek)

Neither Musk nor Hegseth appeared to remember that the “Arsenal of Freedom” expression– a minimum of in the context of Star Trek— is likewise the title of a 1988 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. That episode illustrates an AI-powered weapons system, and its automatic salesperson, which damages a whole civilization and ultimately threatens the team of the USS Business(Some Trekkies made the connection, nevertheless.)

In his opening remarks today, Musk promoted his grand vision for SpaceX, stating that he wished to “make Starfleet Academy real.” (Starfleet Academy is the imaginary university at the center of an upcoming brand-new Star Trek television series that debuts on January 15.)

When Musk presented Hegseth, the 2 males shook hands. Hegseth flashed the Vulcan salute to the crowd and echoed Musk by stating, “Star Trek genuine!”

Hegseth focused on the value of development and expert system to the United States armed force.

“Very quickly, we will have the world’s leading AI designs on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department. Long past due,” Hegseth stated.

“To even more that, today at my instructions, we’re carrying out an AI velocity method that will extend our lead in military AI developed throughout President Trump’s very first term. This method will let loose experimentation, get rid of governmental barriers, concentrate on financial investments and show the execution technique required to guarantee we lead in military AI which it grows more dominant into the future.”