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This essay applies Ivan Illich's 1973 argument about speed limits for vehicles to computing, suggesting that above a threshold, increased computing power yields negative social returns and that politically determined limits on hardware could reduce inequity, using e-bike speed restrictions as a modern example.
SpaceX has signed a computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection, worth up to $6.3 billion, giving Reflection access to Nvidia GB300s via SpaceX's Colossus data center. The deal highlights SpaceX's expansion into selling computing capacity and the growing momentum of open-source AI.