[ETA: Apparently this was misleading; I think it only applied to one company, Alienware, and it was because they didn’t get certification, unlike the other companies.]
In my post about long AI timelines, I predicted that we would see attempts to regulate AI. An easy path for regulators is to target power-hungry GPUs and distributed computing in an attempt to minimize carbon emissions and electricity costs. It seems regulators may be going even faster than I believed in this case, with new bans on high performance personal computers now taking effect in six US states. Are bans on individual GPUs next?
[ETA: Apparently this was misleading; I think it only applied to one company, Alienware, and it was because they didn’t get certification, unlike the other companies.]
In my post about long AI timelines, I predicted that we would see attempts to regulate AI. An easy path for regulators is to target power-hungry GPUs and distributed computing in an attempt to minimize carbon emissions and electricity costs. It seems regulators may be going even faster than I believed in this case, with new bans on high performance personal computers now taking effect in six US states. Are bans on individual GPUs next?