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Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter by zamalek on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:23PM (#35367030)
A100s aren't magical pixie dust. China aren't developing their own silicon[1] for funsies.

This is all mathematics. Ignoring the fact that the entirety of what is required to build GPT-4 is easily remembered by a single human being (i.e. adversary), it could also be rediscovered. America doesn't have some secret sauce that nobody else has. We have a time lead, and that is it.

Keeping the details secret and under control is like trying to keep anyone from discovering that the sky is blue.

A 6 months freeze on AI research in America? China would relish it. Hell, who's to say this isn't their idea?

[1]: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/moore-threads-unveils-chun...

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Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter by antonvs on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:27PM (#35367527)
It reminds me of the crypto restrictions in the 90s. That just led to a few people outside the US becoming wealthy by selling tech unfettered by US crypto restrictions, like Mark Shuttleworth, now of Canonical/Ubuntu fame.
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