News Despite US sanctions, China has enough AI processors to build the world's largest AI training cluster: Report

[Admin]

Despite export restrictions, enough AI processors have been smuggled into China to build world-class AI supercomputers. Workarounds including proxies and imports via other countries haven't stopped China from procuring large quantities of modern equipment.

Despite US sanctions, China has enough AI processors to build the world's largest AI training cluster: Report : Read more

 

[hotaru251]

sanctions are meant to slow down and/or make it harder (not impossible) to do something. Sanctions worked but they dont work forever and are meant to be temporary for a reason (as they lose value long term).

a more understandable version of sanctions would be the american prohibition. Even if theres rules in place to stop something people still get it as there is a demand and thus always a supplier.

Also size of a cluster technically doesnt mean much as training is just as much about how its done (as you can use a smaller cluster to train as effective as larger one if you have an efficient system of training)

 

[Gururu]

It's obvious that company CEOs (hello Nvidia) are grossly aware that millions of their chips are funneling into China. Any investigation into their profits would likely reveal huge cash influx from questionable sources.

 

[thisisaname]

I wonder how much power this monster is using.

 

[newtechldtech]

True they have enough processors , but they dont have replacement parts. it will stop working in 3 years maximum.

 

[jed351]

It's obvious that company CEOs (hello Nvidia) are grossly aware that millions of their chips are funneling into China. Any investigation into their profits would likely reveal huge cash influx from questionable sources.

Jensen is going to visit Hong Kong next month and receive an honorary doctoral degree in a university. This is a place where Nvidia is not allowed to export 4090 or whatever A/H/B_00. I'm pretty sure he is also going to promote the use of 4080 super for LLM training.

 

[Geef]

They just need to name their first AI 'Winnie The Pooh' and their second AI that uses the slower chips 'Piglet.'

 

[ottonis]

On a serious note, this uncontrolled AI-development actually starts to be worrying. Not only might this technology be used to access, infiltrate and ultimately control virtually all digital devices that are connected over the internet - a "super-hacker on steroids" so to speak, The even more severe fundamental problem is that creating something that is potentially more intelligent and more capable than humans themselves - who is then to stop such a super-entity from going after humans?
That's not a problem of China or the USA specifically but a general problem I think people have not put enough thought to avoid potential problems.

 

[Pierce2623]

Someone should probably explain to the author that not one single person in the world thought that the sanctions would keep AI out of China. The point is making it more expensive and slower. It’s doing exactly what it’s supposed to do.