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Eric Schmidt chairs the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) [1], the US government knows about the Google/IBM China relationship. One big concern is with the China/

by espeed 7y ago

Eric Schmidt chairs the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) [1], the US government knows about the Google/IBM China relationship. One big concern is with the China/Google/IBM OpenPOWER [2,3] collaboration. Advanced hardware chip technology is one big thing China currently does not have. The US doesn't want the Google/IBM OpenPOWER Foundation to hand China the keys to the kingdom in the form of advanced microprocessor chip technology and know-how, thus giving away the US hardware chip advantage, i.e. gifting the gap... ~> IBM Venture with China Stirs Concerns (2015) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/20/business/ibm-project-in-china-raises-us-concerns.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/20/business/ibm-project-in-c... ~> China has never had a real chip industry. Making AI chips could change that (2018) https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612569/china-has-never-had-a-real-chip-industry-making-ai-chips-could-change-that/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612569/china-has-never-ha... [1] https://innovation.defense.gov https://innovation.defense.gov [2] https://openpowerfoundation.org https://openpowerfoundation.org [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPOWER_Foundation

addicted 7y ago
China arguably is even further behind in software. So we should make sure that all open source software development is shut down, especially since software’s role in military technology s only growing, lest China gets access to it. I’m all in favor of Gothub being banned, and while we’re at it let’s get rid of the AOSP as well. And Linux is clearly a curse and while we’re at it let’s jail Microsoft execs for open sourcing .Net as well.
- espeed 7y ago
  Some things are more significant than others. Like giving someone fire for the first time. Epochs mark the era before and after. Gifting the gap changes the game.

by espeed 7y ago

addicted 7y ago

China arguably is even further behind in software. So we should make sure that all open source software development is shut down, especially since software’s role in military technology s only growing, lest China gets access to it. I’m all in favor of Gothub being banned, and while we’re at it let’s get rid of the AOSP as well. And Linux is clearly a curse and while we’re at it let’s jail Microsoft execs for open sourcing .Net as well.

espeed 7y ago
Some things are more significant than others. Like giving someone fire for the first time. Epochs mark the era before and after. Gifting the gap changes the game.