a mass casualty event.” “But they have to be on the hook because they are on the hook. They want the government to legalize coordination without losing the AI race. China’s going to be going ahead anyway, but they want rules that price their rivals out of the game while acting like the adult.” “You think China’s going to freeze in place with the rest of us? Hell no. They’re going to flood the world with cheap, faster models. The pause is a gift to them.” “It’s like—what do you call it—a pit stop in a race, you know? While we’re changing our tires, they’re going to be racing at top speed.” “Imagine if this happened on the race to the moon in the 1960s, and our American government said, “You know, we’re going to pause the space race so everybody can…” We wouldn’t do that. We’re America—the United States of F’n America. We’re going to run this AI table, and we’re going to win.” ▻