Frontier AI Inputs Will Partially Come From Abroad — Guarantee Them Like Pharma, Not Autarky
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-02
Continuing the sovereign AI debate, Afinetheorem argues you need chips, compute, and a frontier model — inputs that for almost every country partly come from abroad, guaranteed the same way we guarantee pharmaceuticals, key resources, or military components. "Nothing new": sovereignty doesn't require autarky, just supply-chain guarantees.
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