I’m a hawk on this. I think the export controls on advanced chips are correct, I think Beijing’s technology apparatus serves an authoritarian state that will use every capability it acquires against people who can’t vote it out, and I’ve never found the argument that engagement moderates that state persuasive on any evidence I’ve seen. If you’re looking for someone to tell you the controls were a mistake, keep looking.

I’ve defended this technology more often than I’ve criticized it. I use it every day, I think most of the panic about it is recycled panic about the last thing, and I’ve been openly impatient with people who treat every new tool as evidence of civilizational decline. Writing with a model is not cheating. Thinking out loud to one is not pathology. So take this from someone who isn’t looking for reasons to worry.

Opinion if you have any qualms about the opinion below, take them to @baum_p on Twitter. The opposing opinion is asking to be countered that all aspects listed are actually aspects of Arabic culture and not Palestinian. FACT The Palestinians are not and have never been a race , a people , a nationality , a tribe , a religion nor an ethnicity. There is no distinct identifiable Palestinian culture and they have no history.