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Joshua Achiam argues cutting China off from AI chips could raise conflict risk

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Joshua Achiam, an OpenAI researcher, says on X that the extreme hawkish position on AI chip exports to China may be strategically wrong.

He argues that cutting China out of AI development's upside, as AI approaches recursive self-improvement and superintelligence, could push China toward a hot conflict in the near term. He asks AI safety China hawks to model that risk before settling on their position.

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    AIJoshua Achiam says the extreme hawkish position on chip exports may be strategically wrong. He argues that cutting China out of AI development's upside, this close to recursive self-improvement and superintelligence, could push China toward a hot conflict in the near term. He asks AI safety China hawks to model this risk before settling on their position.

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