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by tjwebbnorfolk 15 days ago
It's not 3D chess, it's geopolitics 101. There is pretty simple logic to why a leader might think you could kill 2 birds with one stone here.

Anybody who's ever looked at a map can see that Iran surrounds a strategic chokepoint for the world's most important natural resource.

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Same way with AI.

It is almost like there is a book called AI Superpowers from 2018 that Kai-Fu Lee tells you exactly how all this is going to go.

Why would I read a book though when I can just repeat the nonsense from my social media feed?