Restricting US AI models does not work: China builds better ones and everyone switches to them.

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1. 17 Jul 2026

   Pieter Levels quoted

   Their wordsUS: restricts US AI model because too dangerous China: builds better Chinese AI model Everyone: switches to Chinese AI model This is why restricting models probably doesn't work, it's much more preferable (for US) to have everyone on US AI models so at least they can monitor what everyone is doing

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