GoKawiilAmodei's US-China AI slowdown pitch draws skepticism from Beijing
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed that the US and China cooperate to slow AI development given its safety risks, while also urging Washington to widen its technological lead through export controls and anti-distillation measures. Chinese officials and AI researchers have pushed back, arguing the proposal amounts to asking China to accept restrictions first while the US locks in an advantage, rather than a genuine offer of cooperation between equals.
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The disagreement reveals a structural obstacle to any global AI safety pact: proposals framed around maintaining a Western lead are unlikely to win buy-in from the country asked to accept constraints. Without mutual trust or parity in negotiating position, calls for coordinated AI 'pacing' risk becoming another front in geopolitical competition rather than a genuine safety mechanism.
- Amodei's blog post calls for US-China cooperation to slow AI development while preserving a US lead.
- Chinese officials and researchers say the proposal unfairly demands they restrict themselves first.
- The dispute highlights how AI safety diplomacy is entangled with broader US-China strategic rivalry.
Source: wired.com — Louise Matsakis, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “China Isn’t Buying Silicon Valley’s Call for an AI Slowdown”
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