Thread context: Trask skeptical of offshore-balancing optimism on frontier AI competition
iamtrask · x · 2026-08-23
Context from the same thread: Andrew Trask replied that he wished he could share the optimism, responding to the argument that if one frontier AI developer pulled too far ahead, the rest of American industry would act as an offshore balancer — subsidizing a second frontier player, much as Britain prevented European unification and the US prevented Eurasian unification.
Related event: Trask warns against AI power concentration, even duopoly not ideal(2 posts)→
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