I agree that it’s not necessarily true that centralising would speed up US development!
(I don’t think we overlook this: we say “The US might slow down for other reasons. It’s not clear how the speedup from compute amalgamation nets out with other factors which might slow the US down:
Bureaucracy. A centralised project would probably be more bureaucratic.
Reduced innovation. Reducing the number of projects could reduce innovation.”)
Interesting take that it’s more likely to slow things down than speed things up. I tentatively agree, but I haven’t thought deeply about just how much more compute a central project would have access to, and could imagine changing my mind if it were lots more.
I agree that it’s not necessarily true that centralising would speed up US development!
(I don’t think we overlook this: we say “The US might slow down for other reasons. It’s not clear how the speedup from compute amalgamation nets out with other factors which might slow the US down:
Bureaucracy. A centralised project would probably be more bureaucratic.
Reduced innovation. Reducing the number of projects could reduce innovation.”)
Interesting take that it’s more likely to slow things down than speed things up. I tentatively agree, but I haven’t thought deeply about just how much more compute a central project would have access to, and could imagine changing my mind if it were lots more.