Tyler Cowen

Well, they're wary of all new technology. Correct. And I think we're simply at a point where most people, they enjoy their chat GPT. It's fun to talk to it. You can help it name your dog or something. But they don't actually understand what the stakes are. And DeepSeek, by being so popular, you know, it was the number one download in the App Store last week. It's at least helping spread awareness.

Well, they're wary of all new technology. Correct. And I think we're simply at a point where most people, they enjoy their chat GPT. It's fun to talk to it. You can help it name your dog or something. But they don't actually understand what the stakes are. And DeepSeek, by being so popular, you know, it was the number one download in the App Store last week. It's at least helping spread awareness.

And in an open society, you know, if we have higher awareness and we're still the country that by far attracts the immigrants who are going to do a lot of the creative work on future AI, I think we can win this battle, but we need to not be asleep.

And in an open society, you know, if we have higher awareness and we're still the country that by far attracts the immigrants who are going to do a lot of the creative work on future AI, I think we can win this battle, but we need to not be asleep.

And in an open society, you know, if we have higher awareness and we're still the country that by far attracts the immigrants who are going to do a lot of the creative work on future AI, I think we can win this battle, but we need to not be asleep.

Well, I think of both Americans and Chinese as somewhat provincial, inward-looking, large countries that are relatively poor at dealing with the rest of the world. We're seeing this now in both places. And China is a country we could learn a lot from. They can still learn a great deal from us. They may or may not do that.

Well, I think of both Americans and Chinese as somewhat provincial, inward-looking, large countries that are relatively poor at dealing with the rest of the world. We're seeing this now in both places. And China is a country we could learn a lot from. They can still learn a great deal from us. They may or may not do that.

Well, I think of both Americans and Chinese as somewhat provincial, inward-looking, large countries that are relatively poor at dealing with the rest of the world. We're seeing this now in both places. And China is a country we could learn a lot from. They can still learn a great deal from us. They may or may not do that.

But we have the option of waking up and learning an incredible amount from them, not just on deep seek and infrastructure, but in many, many different areas of life, including the incredible number of first-rate students they produce. A lot of American AI is built by ethnic Chinese, right? Well, how'd that come to pass? What can we learn from that? So we need to prepare and be ready.

But we have the option of waking up and learning an incredible amount from them, not just on deep seek and infrastructure, but in many, many different areas of life, including the incredible number of first-rate students they produce. A lot of American AI is built by ethnic Chinese, right? Well, how'd that come to pass? What can we learn from that? So we need to prepare and be ready.

But we have the option of waking up and learning an incredible amount from them, not just on deep seek and infrastructure, but in many, many different areas of life, including the incredible number of first-rate students they produce. A lot of American AI is built by ethnic Chinese, right? Well, how'd that come to pass? What can we learn from that? So we need to prepare and be ready.

And that does not mean closing off to China.

And that does not mean closing off to China.

And that does not mean closing off to China.

a lot of adjectives in that statement. I would make a few points. First, there's plenty of propaganda here. I'm completely opposed to what the Chinese government has done to suppress free speech, but to think that we here are the ones who see the unvarnished truth, I think is very far from reality. For all the terrible things China has done, they are our only peer country.

a lot of adjectives in that statement. I would make a few points. First, there's plenty of propaganda here. I'm completely opposed to what the Chinese government has done to suppress free speech, but to think that we here are the ones who see the unvarnished truth, I think is very far from reality. For all the terrible things China has done, they are our only peer country.

a lot of adjectives in that statement. I would make a few points. First, there's plenty of propaganda here. I'm completely opposed to what the Chinese government has done to suppress free speech, but to think that we here are the ones who see the unvarnished truth, I think is very far from reality. For all the terrible things China has done, they are our only peer country.

They do many things better than we do, and we just have to learn from them. Many, many more Americans should visit China, should try to learn Chinese, should preoccupy themselves with China, but in an open way. China entering the World Trade Organization, I don't think that was nearly as significant a fact as people like to portray.

They do many things better than we do, and we just have to learn from them. Many, many more Americans should visit China, should try to learn Chinese, should preoccupy themselves with China, but in an open way. China entering the World Trade Organization, I don't think that was nearly as significant a fact as people like to portray.

They do many things better than we do, and we just have to learn from them. Many, many more Americans should visit China, should try to learn Chinese, should preoccupy themselves with China, but in an open way. China entering the World Trade Organization, I don't think that was nearly as significant a fact as people like to portray.