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@ramez I'm pretty sure it's genetic. Who ever reaches ASI first controls the world. It's literally the last invention of man. We cannot give that power to a country that does not respect the rights of the individual. It needs to be either the US in control, or completely open source.
8:47 PM · Jul 14, 2026@ramez Great words about Germany in the period 1871-1914: "There are benefits to Germany having more industry. Industry in Germany goes to improving lives, inside and outside of Germany." Yet, thanks to Germany the world turned out mostly negative sum. Millions and millions negative.
6:51 PM · Jul 14, 2026@krzysioactuary @ramez Yours is a common, but a very weak, debate tactic: (1) Take a current situation. (2) Compare it to a situation in the past. (3) Allege that 2 and 1 are the same. But your #3 has to be proved. Claims are just claims!
8:04 PM · Jul 14, 2026@perrymetzger It makes perfect sense to me! And to work towards liberalizing China, in whatever small ways we might be able to influence that.
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@ramez The biggest benefit is that having a strong competitive china forces the US and Europe to be strong and competitive.
2:42 PM · Jul 14, 2026@Noahpinion @ramez is entirely correct; there are benefits, and China's use of AI for medical research is a (narrowly) positive externality of positive-sum trade. That doesn't mean there aren't costs and negative externalities - and in this case, the latter dominate!
9:21 PM · Jul 14, 2026There are benefits to China having more GPUs and AI compute. AI in China mostly goes to improving lives, both inside and outside of China. If Chinese companies can use AI to accelerate drug development (which they are) it benefits us all. The world is mostly positive sum.
2:21 PM · Jul 14, 2026