Social license, not chips or compute, may be the true bottleneck to AI and will force expansion into space.

Social license, not chips or compute, may be the true bottleneck to AI and will force expansion into space. | The broader the broader point though is that is that the real kind of bottleneck in AI may not be chips or comput. It might actually be social license which to Alex's point will force us into space faster which is also good.

The broader the broader point though is that is that the real kind of bottleneck in AI may not be chips or comput. It might actually be social license which to Alex's point will force us into space faster which is also good.

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