Yishan Defends Dario/Sama's AI Pacing Plan Against 'China Will Win' Objections
yi_ding · x · 2026-09-13
Following Dario Amodei's essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," prominent forum user yishan published a long endorsement, arguing coordinating the frontier pace while collaborating on alignment research is exactly the right balance.
Addressing the objection that slowing down hands the lead to China, he called that worldview fundamentally wrong: those making the argument fail to see Chinese people as people and fail to grasp that Chinese civilization is a peer, if not superior, civilization. yiding amplified the point, saying "Chinese people also care about preventing human extinction." The exchange highlights the core rift between geopolitical-race arguments and alignment-first reasoning in the pacing debate.
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