Watching AI guys slowly come around feels similar to how people have to care for their alcoholic relatives. Folks have to come to the point where they recognize where the unacceptable bullshit lies on their own, then you can show them the cold hard facts and a path back to the real world, but getting there is absolutely exhausting and often heartbreaking.
Ya gotta imagine that TSMC execs are going to have a “hard-nosed realist” vibe compared to the average Silicon Valley tech guy.