Nina Schick: keeping AI out of China is impossible — the US must just build the best AI
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-11-16
Responding to Sen. Warren's call for legislation to keep advanced AI out of China, AI author Nina Schick argues that blocking China is "not even a remote possibility." The only way the US maintains leverage and deterrence, she writes, is by having the best AI — noting China's track record of catching up and then leapfrogging by dominating production and diffusion of Western technologies. Her advice for serious national-security politicians: level with voters and start building data centers, securely and quickly.
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