WIRED: China Rejects Silicon Valley's Call for an AI Slowdown as a Bad Deal
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-16
WIRED reports that Silicon Valley leaders have shifted from an 'AI arms race' narrative to urging US-China cooperation to slow AI development, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay 'We Must Pace the Frontier' calling for global pacing while preserving a large US lead.
- Chinese officials and AI companies are deeply skeptical — not because they dismiss AI risks, but because they see a bad deal that would restrict China first to maximize US leverage.
- Kevin Xu of Interconnected Capital notes China's AI safety community shares many US-lab concerns, but Beijing will only negotiate from a position of equality.
- The piece exposes the geopolitical logic underpinning 'safety slowdown' proposals.
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