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Iran threatens 'complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate

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Re: Iran threatens 'complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate

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Post by bigyabai »

TurdF3rguson wrote: post #2

I wonder what's stranger. That they think Trump will care about OpenAI's datacenter in Abu Dhabi, or that we're getting this news from tomshardware.com

It's not a terrible target. Long-term it puts stress on US/UAE cooperation, and short-term it mirrors the destabilization inside Iran with escalation outside it.

From the armchair perspective, these sorts of strikes are exactly what I'd imagine that China is advocating for behind closed doors. A few well-placed drone strikes can cause more economic damage than any SAM shootdown or embassy attack could, tactically accelerating the war and strategically entrenching Chinese technology.

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Post by paulryanrogers »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #3

Seems pretty easy to me to just stop the war to end this sort of stuff. But I must be missing something.

Trump must save face. Publicly backing down is only possible once there's some kind of out, probably involving Iran loudly compromising.

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Post by ivan_gammel »

TurdF3rguson wrote: post #2

I wonder what's stranger. That they think Trump will care about OpenAI's datacenter in Abu Dhabi, or that we're getting this news from tomshardware.com

He may care in the end, because TACO. Looks like this is a pattern of modern war where both sides are testing the escalation levels by attacking the infrastructure. It‘s like MAD, but going up in smaller increments rather than hitting with everything after one or two limited strikes like nuclear. Basically, you hit my power plant, I‘ll hit yours. It‘s the same path Ukraine went on: they initially showed restraint in responses, but now they are matching Russian pressure by choosing the same civilian targets.
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