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I need to write a proper post and read/think more, but I really feel we must be in compute overhang and all the compute governance proposals aren't going to work.
Plausibly the current models alone are enough to achieve algorithmic breakthroughs so you don't need that much compute. Perhaps a lot more than the laptop, but a lot less than is easy to regulate.