But this is kind of like banning GPU exports to China. It will encourage them to develop their own technology. Yes, it will take them longer, but in the long-run China will be more successful with their own GPU tech.
The same could be true of SpaceX/xAI
Is there really a high demand for racist chatbots with no safety controls?
And even if there is, will governments even allow it to keep operating?
You had me until:
>The same could be true of a company run by a drug addict.
Elon Musk is nowhere near as capable as millions of intelligent developers in China.
ITAR: SpaceX is strictly barred by US federal law from hiring non-US persons for aerospace engineering.
National Security Scrutiny: xAI operates under increasing US export and tech-transfer controls regarding China.
Scale: A private company's recruiting budget cannot compete with the sovereign industrial capacity and state-backed talent pipeline of an entire nation.