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slothsinc··on AI can get you cancelled
Are you concerned about being tracked by AI?
slothsinc··on How will AI change our world and culture?
Will AI be able to overcome the bias issues that have been highlighted lately?
slothsinc··on OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, starting at $20 per month
btw-- they are kind of commercializing something that was created based on public and collective knowledge...I wonder what the ethics of that are?
slothsinc··on OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, starting at $20 per month
Is it a matter of time before the free version goes away?
slothsinc··on The New Twitter – what features would you like to see?
open source!
slothsinc··on The New Twitter – what features would you like to see?
I guess that's how they encourage you to get an account—but I agree!
slothsinc··on The New Twitter – what features would you like to see?
What features would you like to see added?
slothsinc··on Biden cripples China's semiconductor industry overnight
The Fortune headline seems misleading, but the article is behind a paywall so I couldn't read, so I'm not 100% sure.
slothsinc··on Biden cripples China's semiconductor industry overnight
Do you have a source for this?
slothsinc··on Biden cripples China's semiconductor industry overnight
The Washington Post also reports this:

"In a novel step that appears to have prompted some companies to broadly suspend trade with China, the rules also bar “U.S. persons” — including American factories, and Americans and U.S. green-card holders who work in foreign factories overseas — from supporting the development or production of advanced chips in China, unless they receive a U.S. government license." Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/17/export-...

"“There are green-card holders considered U.S. persons that are going to be in a bind. Do they want to stay in China and give up their U.S. person status or do they want to move?""

slothsinc··on Biden cripples China's semiconductor industry overnight
Actually, the Yahoo story says: "The order applies to all U.S. citizens, green-card holders and foreign nationals who live in the U.S."
slothsinc··on Biden cripples China's semiconductor industry overnight
This seems to apply to Chinese-Americans specifically. Here are a couple of other sources:

https://fortune.com/2022/10/13/chinese-americans-china-chip-...

https://news.yahoo.com/bidens-export-curbs-place-many-233739...

slothsinc··on Biden cripples China's semiconductor industry overnight
Any thoughts on why this news overall isn't getting more attention? And what about the threat of taking away citizenships, is that even legal?
slothsinc··on Netflix Gains 2.4M New Subscribers, Reversing Trend
I wonder how they are predicting that others are losing $$?
slothsinc··on John le Carré's private life, revealed in letters and a kiss-and-tell
He was able to capture so much in just the smallest of observations.