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Re:Meta says its new speech-generating AI model is too dange... by idonotknowwhy on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:40AM (#36379745)
The ps2 was "too powerful to export to Iraq because they could use it to control missiles"

In reality, it was something about the encryption on the memory cards lol

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Re:Meta says its new speech-generating AI model is too dange... by alephnerd on Sunday June 18, 2023 @09:22AM (#36380062)
PS2s were a controlled export because Iraq was under sanctions for Nuclear Weapons development, and creating a Beowulf cluster using PS2s was an efficient way to build HPC infrastructure when companies like Xillinx et al were barred from directly selling to Iraq.

Example PS2 cluster btw - https://web.archive.org/web/20041120084657/http://arrakis.nc...

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