Tyler Cowen

It didn't turn out to be true in Russia either. It was a mistake that people ever thought that. We don't know what the future holds for China, but I think it is likely that the more interaction they have with the West and the United States, it's likely to go better rather than worse.

I think it's great that China has AI. AI is radical. It's the opposite of small C conservative. It will overturn status relationships and every society it enters. The CCP is terrified of AI, and they should be. It could disrupt their entire power, their hold on Chinese society. DeepSeek in particular is super easy to jailbreak, get it to tell you what you want it to tell you.

I think it's great that China has AI. AI is radical. It's the opposite of small C conservative. It will overturn status relationships and every society it enters. The CCP is terrified of AI, and they should be. It could disrupt their entire power, their hold on Chinese society. DeepSeek in particular is super easy to jailbreak, get it to tell you what you want it to tell you.

I think it's great that China has AI. AI is radical. It's the opposite of small C conservative. It will overturn status relationships and every society it enters. The CCP is terrified of AI, and they should be. It could disrupt their entire power, their hold on Chinese society. DeepSeek in particular is super easy to jailbreak, get it to tell you what you want it to tell you.

The notion that there are already entities out there in China smarter than the Chinese Communist Party is probably the single greatest threat to CCP rule. We have done it with this Trojan horse. We will see how it develops. But the fact that, oh, they're not reciprocal and it's been done through a Chinese company rather than an American. You know, fine. Things like that are going to happen.

The notion that there are already entities out there in China smarter than the Chinese Communist Party is probably the single greatest threat to CCP rule. We have done it with this Trojan horse. We will see how it develops. But the fact that, oh, they're not reciprocal and it's been done through a Chinese company rather than an American. You know, fine. Things like that are going to happen.

The notion that there are already entities out there in China smarter than the Chinese Communist Party is probably the single greatest threat to CCP rule. We have done it with this Trojan horse. We will see how it develops. But the fact that, oh, they're not reciprocal and it's been done through a Chinese company rather than an American. You know, fine. Things like that are going to happen.

And I think they're the ones who have a lot to worry about, not us.

And I think they're the ones who have a lot to worry about, not us.

And I think they're the ones who have a lot to worry about, not us.

And we should spend more on defense. Strong agree.

And we should spend more on defense. Strong agree.

And we should spend more on defense. Strong agree.

We're not losing it. You know, what we're hoping for is an ongoing perpetual stalemate of sorts. If we can win it and China becomes a mature democracy, a more populous Canada, that would be wonderful. But I'm not expecting it.

We're not losing it. You know, what we're hoping for is an ongoing perpetual stalemate of sorts. If we can win it and China becomes a mature democracy, a more populous Canada, that would be wonderful. But I'm not expecting it.

We're not losing it. You know, what we're hoping for is an ongoing perpetual stalemate of sorts. If we can win it and China becomes a mature democracy, a more populous Canada, that would be wonderful. But I'm not expecting it.

I don't think you ever win. We don't know the space race is over. It's possible that either Russia or China develop space weapons that we have trouble countering, or that they're able to use space, say, to blow up our satellites, which our military is too dependent on. And the nuclear weapons race, well, Russia has more of them than we do.

I don't think you ever win. We don't know the space race is over. It's possible that either Russia or China develop space weapons that we have trouble countering, or that they're able to use space, say, to blow up our satellites, which our military is too dependent on. And the nuclear weapons race, well, Russia has more of them than we do.

I don't think you ever win. We don't know the space race is over. It's possible that either Russia or China develop space weapons that we have trouble countering, or that they're able to use space, say, to blow up our satellites, which our military is too dependent on. And the nuclear weapons race, well, Russia has more of them than we do.

And arguably, they have a greater willingness to actually use a tactical nuclear weapon. So at the moment, at least arguably, they're winning that one. So no, I don't think it ever ends. It's tough. I mean, you have to be vigilant forever. It's a very hard problem for free societies to do that and also to stay free.