The US blocked high power graphics cards to specific countries, and then got all shaken up when their money moat was pole-vaulted by an embargo'd country wielding jank cards.
Why is this a big deal, exactly?
Who benefits if the US has the best AI, and who benefits if it's China?
Is this like the Space Race, where it's just an effort to spit on each other, but ultimately no one really loses, and cool shit gets made?
What does AI "supremacy" mean?
Well, LLM academic research has always been open and improving very fast. Then a bunch of MBAs makes this a sport game and a national arms race so they can put more money in their pockets and create a monopoly instead of reinvesting the tech. Now they are surprised that other researchers can read and implement those papers too.
BTW, Sam Altman is gay ~~and an immigrant~~. He is betraying his own kind on multiple levels.
Edit: my brain has failed me sorry
Altman was born in Chicago. If you want to call him an immigrant, then 99% of us are.
But more importantly, Altman’s “kind” is neither of those things: it’s his class, namely the capitalist class, with which he has class solidarity.
Yeah you are right. I remembered the wrong thing 😑
Still, I agree. Intersectionality is a real thing.