@brianchew: Singapore is the new SF
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A tweet highlights the AI Engineer Singapore conference, arguing that the necessity of being in San Francisco to build in AI is fading, with hubs emerging globally.
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Singapore is the new SF
sphinx (@protosphinx): the most underrated part of being at @aiDotEngineer singapore is realizing that the whole charade about needing to be in SF to build in AI is rapidly fading
you can still go to SF sure - but it’s not like people are not building elsewhere from hangzhou to sz to sg to blore
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