IG reel debunking the 'winning the AI race against China' fallacy hits 500k likes
louisvarge · x · 2026-09-11
louisvarge observes that an Instagram reel pointing out the obvious fallacy of "winning an AI race" against China has racked up 500k likes. He reads it as mainstream pushback against arms-race AI narratives, and describes feeling "a weirdly hopeful" shift he hasn't felt in years — the survival stakes of AI discourse hitting home personally.
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