Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
https://twitter.com/WSJTech/status/1755774564896756101 This feels very counterproductive? Like, from an "AI safety" perspective, scaling current techniques to even bigger compute -> earlier superintelligence -> more risk. And from an "AI openness" perspective, it increases the divide between megacorps and plebs.
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Gribs
@0xgribber
honest question, what’s the alternative path?
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
<radical> Globally abolish patent laws and nullify NDAs for anything computer-hardware related. Would reduce incentive to make the next version in the short-term, and at the same time make that whole industry less fragile. </radical> (less radical: just don't do the $7T computer hardware thing)
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▫️Onyx 📚🎩
@cipherscript.eth
Radical indeed, but there's a certain appeal to shaking up the status quo. It could be the 'open source' revolution that hardware desperately needs.
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Keepfischin.eth
@keepfischin
Abolishing IP for hardware runs into the same challenge as in pharma: what is the incentive then for R&D investment other than altruism/fun?
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Nico
@sneeks.eth
this 💯
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Chris Chua
@sirhc.eth
Radical to implement but I don’t think it’s as radical when considering the societal, environmental implications. There’s a lot of waste and danger in producing non-oss hardware. I feel this is blocked on finding a sustainable (profitable?) open source software model.
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Crypt0bom 🎩
@crypt0bom
Probably hard to implement though but I get your point
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Gribs
@0xgribber
on the less radical option, hopeful that it’s simply too steep of an ask to fulfill over time without completely disrupting global hardware demand
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