Miles Brundage on US-China AI Compute and Export Controls
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-07-17
Former OpenAI policy research head Miles Brundage highlighted three coexisting realities in the current AI compute landscape:
- Chinese researchers and engineers are incredibly talented.
- China possesses significantly less total compute power than the US.
- If the US effectively enforces export controls, the compute power accessible to Chinese companies (directly + indirectly) will be far less than it is today.
These remarks have sparked discussions regarding the compute supply chain and the actual enforceability of export controls.
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