> “The basis of our opposition to large training clusters in the Middle East, or to shipping H20’s to China, is that the ‘supply chain’ of Al is dangerous to hand to authoritarian governments—since Al is likely to be the most powerful technology in the world, these governments can use it to gain military dominance or to gain leverage over democratic countries,” Amodei wrote in the memo, referring to Nvidia chips.
Rock <-> Hard Place.
The omnipresent attitude of "if we don't do it, someone else will" is really tough to resist when it comes to AI, as if the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
Exciting times, buckle up for Mr. Toad's Wild Rice.
It requires collective action. The President taking bribes from Qatar sends a clear message that such action won't be coördinated. In the absence of customer pressure, the choice is to play the game or not.