Everyone is playing hardball. No one wants to be IBM in an IBM-Microsoft dance.

But this is kind of like banning GPU exports to China. It will encourage them to develop their own technology. Yes, it will take them longer, but in the long-run China will be more successful with their own GPU tech.

The same could be true of SpaceX/xAI

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angusturner 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

What unique differentiator could musk possibly offer though?

Is there really a high demand for racist chatbots with no safety controls?

And even if there is, will governments even allow it to keep operating?

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johnnyApplePRNG 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

LOL

You had me until:

>The same could be true of a company run by a drug addict.

Elon Musk is nowhere near as capable as millions of intelligent developers in China.

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inigyou 2 days ago | parent [-]

He doesn't have to be. He just has to hire millions of intelligent developers in China.

	▲	johnnyApplePRNG 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Except legally and structurally, he can't: ITAR: SpaceX is strictly barred by US federal law from hiring non-US persons for aerospace engineering. National Security Scrutiny: xAI operates under increasing US export and tech-transfer controls regarding China. Scale: A private company's recruiting budget cannot compete with the sovereign industrial capacity and state-backed talent pipeline of an entire nation.