Only if you build one based on fission. Even then you can pgp/tor/vpn (all at the same time, shred the keys after the transaction or burn the machine) it up if you have a credible source which probably doesn’t exist.
It’s been a long time since PS2s were export limited because the chips were potentially useful for making cruise missiles. Getting access to compute is cheap and unadversarial in a way that getting access to fissile material is not.
Getting access to compute is cheap and unadversarial in a way that getting access to fissile material is not.
High-performance compute is mostly limited by power/energy use these days, so if your needs are large enough (which they are, if you’re doing things like simulating a human brain—whoops sorry, I meant a “neural network!”—in order to achieve ‘AGI’ and perhaps superintelligence), getting access to compute requires getting access to fissile material. (Or comparable sources of energy, anyway.)
Only if you build one based on fission. Even then you can pgp/tor/vpn (all at the same time, shred the keys after the transaction or burn the machine) it up if you have a credible source which probably doesn’t exist.
You are confusing “acquire theoretical knowledge of how to build” with “actually build one”.
What are my alternatives for the home reactor, fusion? X-D
I tend to think you’re right, but how is OP not doing the same thing when it comes to AI ?
It’s been a long time since PS2s were export limited because the chips were potentially useful for making cruise missiles. Getting access to compute is cheap and unadversarial in a way that getting access to fissile material is not.
High-performance compute is mostly limited by power/energy use these days, so if your needs are large enough (which they are, if you’re doing things like simulating a human brain—whoops sorry, I meant a “neural network!”—in order to achieve ‘AGI’ and perhaps superintelligence), getting access to compute requires getting access to fissile material. (Or comparable sources of energy, anyway.)
Things are easier to build in cyberspace where all you need is bits and you never run out of them.
But in general I’m not a fan of the OP approach.