I think it's an attempt to force Americans into the American models to avoid economic collapse. And I think that's China's goal. They dont give a fuck about open source models or freedom of users. They just want to attack us where we are weak. There's no way out of this shit except to produce stuff again. Everyone is avoiding that but that's where we are. We can probably limp along a little longer forcing American corps into closed US models, but it won't last.

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“america has to use violence to avoid collapse.” “we need the existing system to make things again” may it all crumble and fall, and all the normies weep.
America is clearly worried they won't be able to profit off of this giant data center build out they've been doing. It is of my opinion this has nothing to do with safety.
The interesting part is watching people realize that models aren't neutral. Every AI model has a worldview baked in by its training data. Open source vs closed source is becoming a proxy for a much bigger argument about who gets to shape reality.