US-side AI 'pause' wouldn't stop China catching up via distillation, researcher argues
davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-18
Safety researcher David Manheim draws a policy implication from OpenAI's Dean Ball noting distillation's outsized role in China's model catch-up: a coordinated domestic "pause" on US AI progress wouldn't stop China from closing the gap. He urges people inside OpenAI to make this point publicly.
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