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So many weird things going on with this.

a) Given how geopolitical semiconductors and AI are right now. Why he is running around the world running his mouth seemingly without the cooperation of the US government.

b) What does Microsoft have to say about OpenAI building a parallel cloud.

c) OpenAI has zero competence in designing and building their own end to end stack but yet they are going to jump straight to $7T worth of infrastructure. Even Apple acquired PA Semiconductor and a number of smaller startups to build out their team.




Didn't you know, according to ___ [insert favorite visionary] if you're not building an impossible moonshot you're a nothing and a nobody.


> a) Given how geopolitical semiconductors and AI are right now. Why he is running around the world running his mouth seemingly without the cooperation of the US government.

As an American citizen you don't need to cooperate with the US government to talk to other people.


> Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

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


TSMC is not the Taiwanese government, and besides, according to American foreign policy, the Taiwanese government is not a government either.


They are smart enough to know that none of this will happen, and will have cashed out long before it all crashes and burns




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