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  1. Patel explains long context windows fail because pre-training uses short context and lacks data for longer ranges.

    “But it's like, what data do I have? That's why my two fifty ks to one mil context is trash anyways, because there's no data on this stuff.”

    39:58 · SemiAnalysis Weekly · 6 May 2026 · permalink

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  2. post Patel claims evidence exists of organizations astroturfing false datacenter narratives with non-domestic funding

  3. post Patel says SemiAnalysis tracks changes as they happen, with majority revenue from industry not hedge funds

  4. post Patel says SemiAnalysis has more China compute mapped than cited estimate

  5. post Patel says datacenter model hard to justify selling to individuals, only B2B makes sense for effort required

  6. post Patel asks Douglas if he can use the model without privacy protections

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