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Re:AI Company Plans to Run Clusters of 10k Nvidia H100 GPUs ... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday November 04, 2023 @04:13PM (#38144685)
>> the US, which the people supposedly behind this venture call out specifically, is not a party to UNCLOS.

> The US recognizes unclos as customary sea law despite not having ratified it

I'm guessing here that means the US doesn't enforce the law. US Gov vessels would abide by it but private vessels can do what they please.

Correct?

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Re:AI Company Plans to Run Clusters of 10k Nvidia H100 GPUs ... by seydor on Saturday November 04, 2023 @04:56PM (#38145043)
it accepts all but one part of the law as customary international law when it comes to nautical disputes, which should mean it applies to all sorts of vessels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_N...

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Re:AI Company Plans to Run Clusters of 10k Nvidia H100 GPUs ... by dragonwriter on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:57PM (#38147621)
> I'm guessing here that means the US doesn't enforce the law.

No, it means the US (but for the one bit it disagrees with) treats the Convention as redundant with international law that exists without need of a formal treaty, and enforces it on that basis.

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