at least lina khan had the right take. apologies for the xitter link: https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960

Officials in desert state shocked to learn that water intensive industries (chipmaking) in desert states are vulnerable to sudden water shortages: https://www.theverge.com/science/993522/water-chip-semiconductor-manufacturing-colorado-river

in unrelated news: desert state continues allowing cultivation of incredibly water-intensive alfalfa for another arid region 8,000 miles away.

https://xcancel.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910

uh oh you guys, sama and dario agree that progress needs to be “paced” at the “frontier”

call it: A) regulatory gambit meant to suppress open source chinese LLMs, or B) progress is slowing anyways and they need a good excuse that will also shine their IPOs

or C) both