Don't Halt the AI Race; Focus on Distribution
beffjezos · x · 2026-07-13
The author pushes back against the narrative to "stop the AI race," arguing that technological progress cannot simply be paused: if the US stops, other nations won't, and will only catch up and surpass.
They shift the focus to the problem of distribution rather than "progress itself": AI will create many winners, and the real debate should be about how to distribute these benefits, not whether to halt development.
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