The advocacy is not the problem. The problem is that, once the ban was in place, they skirted the ban.
replyDidn't everyone already know that China was buying Nvidia GPUs?
replyIs the problem that Nvidia was not making it as hard as it should have?
Realistically, how much does that even matter?
Which is not what the comment being replied to said at all.
replyYou intentionally cut off the why here.
replyThey should and there’s nothing wrong with only advocating. The problem is that it wasn’t just advocating but (possibly) knowingly subverting the export controls
replyWell its suspicious. If they were onoy advocating then thats free speech, but if they also skirted the ban, then its then kinda admitting to it
replyTurns out there are laws and regulations that restrict one’s ability to lobby for foreign interests as both a public and private individual. Read about NJ Senator Bob Menendez which is a particularly egregious example.
replyThat feels like it should be unconstitutional.
replyLet's export rockets, F-35s, Typhoons, Rafales', Gripens, jet turbines.
replyChina should have infiltrated ASML, not much they can do without them until they get the blueprints. Unlikely they aren't doing it already.
> rockets, F-35s, Typhoons, Rafales', Gripens, jet turbines
replythese are actual weapons, does anyone use GPUs to kill humans?
They can be part of the "kill chain", yes.
replyThere was the kerfuffle with Dario Amodei and Pete Hegseth, who declared Anthropic a supply chain risk to the US. IMO, yes. Killer robots don't run on one 5090 :)
replyThere is more spelunking to that situation, but that's a different thread.