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That sounds like it'd be something of a non-issue. If a GPU researcher wants a GPU someone will be willing to smuggle it out for them. Like GP says, a sanctions
by roenxi 2y ago
That sounds like it'd be something of a non-issue. If a GPU researcher wants a GPU someone will be willing to smuggle it out for them. Like GP says, a sanctions wall is penetrable. The problem would be more that leading researchers at something like China's OpenAI can't procure a billion dollars worth of GPUs for industrial research.
Although I do want to endorse the idea that their political system is probably going to undermine the successes of their businesses. From the outside it looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
- justahuman74 2y agoThe smuggling increases costs though. They may have only so much budget - perhaps the sanctioned-country researcher could only afford an H100 now instead of an H200 if you had excluded the smuggling > their political system is probably going to undermine the successes of their businesses I do agree with this