So, the point is, I think when you said that AI’s development at the same speed, no matter whether it’s aligned or not, it depends on many substrates that are physical. And it just so happens that a lot of those physical substrates are located within Taiwan proper. And so, this is, I think, a fragility of the global AI development ecosystem. And partly that is also why the 5 million a day cybersecurity attack attempts from foreign sources to Taiwan is so worrying to many people around the world. Because if tensions escalate, if I don’t do my day job to defend this cybersecurity system well, then again, this is like another natural disaster that could have far-reaching consequences on production. So, I would say, yeah, hardware part of Taiwan’s manufacturing base is crucial and remains a choke point for pretty much the next decade for many parts of the AI system. This is an objective fact.

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