Sure, Are we to think anything other than the fact that these guys want to OWN natural resources - Kobold (really)???<p>---<p><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kobold" rel="nofollow">https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Kobold</a><p>><i>Kobolds were aggressive, inward, yet industrious small humanoid creatures. They were noted for their skill at building traps and preparing ambushes, and mining. They were distantly related to dragons[9] and urds[10] and were often found serving as their minions.</i><p>><i>A kobold was a reptilian humanoid,[12] standing between 2' and 2'6" (60cm – 75cm) tall, weighing 35 to 45 pounds (16 – 20kg), with scaled skin between reddish brown and black in color and burnt orange to red eyes</i><p>---<p>WTF were they thinkingk that a minion-like ML/AI resource hoarding company to serve their Human-esque overlords was a good idea:<p>> * KoBold's purpose is to discover and develop new ethical sources of the
critical materials for electric vehicles. KoBold's objective is to make
more discoveries of outstanding orebodies by drawing on world-class
expertise in exploration geoscience and by developing full-stack
exploration technology to use machine learning and other scientific
computing techniques to enable highly effective exploration
decision-making
* Principal investors in KoBol