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My biggest regret is that he did not live to see his words become true.

Ignorance has won. We are a failed society.

As I said from the beginning, the national security aspect of this is more an indictment of the admin that of Nvidia/Huang. Nvidia is a business, and I assume that they will seek to maximize profit while staying just on this side of the law, affair or no.

In a sane world, banned means banned from using, renting, leasing, whatever. Literal physical possession is irrelevant. But even then, enforcing such a regulation in China is laughable.

So a banned entity could simply funnel money to setup a new company right next door that then provides "remote" access to GPUs. Sounds like the people writing these regulations know nothing about IT and computing. 2/2

These were resold/transferred in China. Hoping that another country, especially China, will enforce your export controls seems naive. The laws are also stupid and unworkable. For example, they treat cloud services differently from physical possession. 1/2

Considering that Huang has no security clearance, isn't it a given that he "revealed no national security secrets."

This is such a stupid timeline. Whenever I need Rs to actually be an effective counterweight to stupid D stuff, they inevitably fail me.

It's strange. They could save an interaction and speed the process by just saying "Hello, may I have your order or your mobile order code?".

Yes. I think there are two issues here. The first is Huang, and that's mainly for Nvidia to deal with. Huang has no security clearance. US officials should rely on a committee of experts when making natsec decisions. Not taking the word of a CEO who stands to benefit.

Huang has no security clearance, and the primary bottleneck to China's GPUs is the lack of SoTA fabs. The secrets lie in the hands of TSMC and ASML, not Nvidia.

I would say not forever, but somewhere between 5 to 10 years.

I hope that you can help form a sane conservative party. We really need that as a counterweight to the Ds.

Seems to me it looks just as bad for the Trump admin, arguably worse. Huang had no security clearance and is not a government official. CEOs trying to influence government policy is business as usual. Of course, Nvidia may want to fire him for their own reasons.

This seems naïve to the point of stupidity. Essentially: US: "We'll sell you these, but you can't transfer them." Chinese company: "Of course." US: "We can't reliably track transfers/sales in China, so you need to promise you won't." Chinese cmpny: "We promise. Cross our heart."

If the US gov didn't want the chips sold, then it should have simply prohibited it. I see the national security scandal aspect of this as on the Trump admin. In fact, as of this date, sales to Megaspeed have still not been banned. Why not?

Right. I think the focus should be on the Trump admin for approving the sales, rather than Huang. Of course, Nvidia's board should be very much focused on Huang, but that's a business matter.

Just regulate them like anything else. Enact noise ordinances, water ordinances, etc. Put teeth in the laws. If the companies no longer want to build them, fine. If they do, then it's win-win.

The data center issue is puzzling. Many industries pollute, use water, make noise. And there are laws and ordinances to control those negative externalities. Just regulate them like anything else. If the companies no longer want to build them, fine. If they do, it's win-win.

Not sure I see that this is noteworthy. Apologies like this are generally quite formulaic and by now have a standard template. Ask the AI to generate one according to the usual formula, then edit as needed.