Can't be fired but can't be trusted either. I'm sure he's smart but if you're going to have an affair as the head of an industry the US desperately wants to keep away from the Chinese, maybe don't have one with a Chinese national? And certainly not a Chinese national that is the head of a Chinese company that wants the technology the US desperately wants to keep them from having.
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Once, Michael Jordan was greatness. We had hero after hero showing us all what could be done.
Today, we have these people acting as greatness. They're not. They're weak men with small minds. Nothing they do could ever survive the field of battle.
I don't want to be part of technology anymore. It's boring and everything it does is a worse form of something we already did.
Part of the problem might be that the example of a better hero is just some sports player. While there are things to admire about that level of dedication to something, there's nothing heroic about playing sports.
Though the problem isn't so much that sports icons are treated as heroes at all but that I can't really think of any good heroes to look up to outside of fiction.
Though I also think that maybe we should look up to deeds rather than people, since when it's a person, that person's flaws become part of the question, but it's really the deeds that should be emulated anyways, even for the ones that didn't have some massive disqualifying flaw come out.
Like if you want to be more like Mr Rogers and do it by just wearing sweater vests and changing shoes when you come inside, you're missing the point.
Similarly, if a serial killer rushes into a burning building to save a kid and their cat, that's still admirable, even if it doesn't get them across the line to "ok person overall".
We all knew he was a dumbshit but GOD DAMN
You know in 5th grade I too went through a leather jacket phase. Really cool bomber jacket style that I got at a thrift store. But when I grew out of it I didn't replace it with a new one and make that my entire personality.
He's now famous not only for his leather jacket but also for having let her jack it.
Shout out to the book Red Tide by M. P. Woodward. It's a military thriller where one of the main plot points is a Chinese spy seducing the son of the CEO of a semiconductor manufacturer, in order to export AI chips to China. The book was published last year. The author worked in naval intelligence, so I guess there may have been rumors about this scenario before...
So he should be fired and lose all his shares and be left penniless... Right!?
Why?
Didn't he start the company?
Cofounder. Yes it would be wonderful to see him lose it all. It won't happen, but it is fun to think about.
I don't think the shareholders will punish him that hard
This was a national security issue, it goes far beyond shareholders.
He’s a bilionaire. Even if she’s a spy, he knew, and he gave her critical information, he’s unlikely to be punished meaningfully. Billionaires don’t go to gitmo.
What info did he give her? I've been trying to find this info
Oh yes, I totally get that. The right thing would for him to lose everything for betraying his country and company. This won't happen because wealthy people always get a free pass.
Agree, though it’s not yet clear that he betrayed anyone beyond his family.
When you are running a multi-billion dollar company you are held to much higher standard because of the massive responsibility. Being involved with a spy is a profound dereliction of his duty and shows a criminal level of disregard for his company.
Just being caught betraying his family should be grounds let him go, but this goes much deeper than that. I doubt anything will happen, but letting people in high levels of leadership pull this kind of shit without serious consequences is bonkers in my book.
When you are running a multi-billion dollar company you are held to much higher standard because of the massive responsibility
Lmfao. Name a billionaire in America who was held accountable for their failures.
Being involved with a spy is a profound dereliction of his duty and shows a criminal level of disregard for his company.
Oh you must finally have the proof that she's a spy! Hit me with the link big dog!
Just being caught betraying his family should be grounds let him go
I bet you have a lot of trouble keeping your work life and your home life separate, lol. Pro tip: Mind your fucking business when you're at work
Lmfao. Name a billionaire in America who was held accountable for their failures.
Only because the US hates women, Elizabeth Holmes and of course Marha Stewart.
Oh you must finally have the proof that she's a spy! Hit me with the link big dog!
I am sure China will admit it at any moment. Maybe try holding your breath?
I bet you have a lot of trouble keeping your work life and your home life separate, lol.
I would need a life first, you got a spare one....damn nevermind. I thought I was bad. Cheers!
Pro tip: Mind your fucking business when you're at work
Don't mix honey with the money.
Has the DHS provided any evidence that she’s a spy? Most I’m seeing is that she’s a former CEO of a company that would benefit from buying Nvidia cards more easily.
TBH if she was a white European ceo I doubt the headlines would all say “Spy”
That's a good point. It's US intelligence officials who called her a spy, but couldn't supply any evidence of this. Sounds like the usual US bullshit.
In our Swedish media it's also being reported as a "spy" since we copy paste whatever the US say.
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I hope Nvidia gets the jacket in the divorce.
Just an affair? C'mon headline, it's not every day we find out a billionaire and CEO has fallen for a foreign honeypot espionage operation
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A bit off topic, but does anyone else hate this fake structure that some articles have? Here it's these "headings" printed bold.
Why it matters:
Driving the news:
Meanwhile:
Zoom out:
Flashback:
What they're saying:
What's fake about it? Idk i like structured writing.
Noticed that there's no section for evidence lol
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If AI is so great, he could have avoided all this drama by just getting an AI mistress. What's up with that Huang?
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Who would’ve thought a country run by Pooh Bear would be so skilled at using honeypots.
I'd rather pooh bear than a narcissistic pedophilic rapist war criminal who wants to fuck his own daughter, but who am I to judge?
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He probably thought his shitty jacket was the reason he was getting pussy.
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I have a dumb question, what exactly does she have over him? Exposing nudes? Did he tell her secrets? What damming information or thing do they have?
Like can't he just own it like yeah, I fucked this chick and am a piece of shit like all the other billionaires but I won't fall for the sextortion
She is suspected of being a Chinese spy. As in: an agent of foreign state sent to honeypot Huang and steal secrets.
Keep in mind that the GPU is a heavily regulated market with China being sanctioned - no exports of modern GPUs to China are legal.
(notice how nervously dismissing Jensen always is when asked about the black market GeForce cards already in China)
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You should notice in his apology letter he said he accepts the criticism for his actions but not the consequences. He, and his legal team, went over this letter a hundred times before it was released.
He popped AI bubble with his dick.
/credit to the internet
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