Distillation can't be banned, only made harder — and that explains AI politics
zijing_wu · x · 2026-09-11
A pointed take on AI policy: model distillation cannot be fully banned. The author argues regulators can only make it harder — much like chip smuggling — since total prohibition is technically impossible. Grasping this, they say, is key to understanding AI politics on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific.
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