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No Peeking: How Confidential Computing Lets Cloud Providers Process Your Data Without Decryption
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No Peeking: How Confidential Computing Lets Cloud Providers Process Your Data Without Decryption

Confidential computing uses hardware TEEs such as Intel SGX, AMD SEV, and Arm CCA to perform computations on encrypted data, delivering encryption-in-use. Inside a TEE enclave, data and code are isolated with memory encryption, shielding them from the host OS, hypervisor, other
August 11, 2025

Technology News

  • My Thoughts on AI Safety: Balancing Risk, Innovation, and Pragmatism
    December 15, 2025, 6:42 AM EST. At a Christmas party, the author reflects on AI safety debates, acknowledging the fear of a superintelligent godlike AI but arguing against halting innovation. They compare existential risk discussions to other tech risks (nuclear, biology, media) and note that avoiding progress may be suboptimal. The piece references Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, Gregory Benford, and even Neuromancer's Turing Cops as cultural touchpoints. Rather than surrender to fear, the author advocates exploring technology's potential while recognizing unknowns, suggesting measured progress rather than blanket bans. The takeaway: balance risk and progress, embrace prudent study of AI safety without stifling invention.