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American companies should be allowed to use Chinese OSS. But we should make it so that Chinese companies can’t access any compute outside of China. Not in Thailand. Not in Singapore. Not in Malaysia. Not in UAE. We should make it impossible for Chinese companies that back Chinas AI efforts from accessing Western capital markets. We should make it impossible for China to import compute or tools needed to ramp domestic compute production. We should roll out programs aimed at incentivizing Chinese talent to migrate to the U.S. We should also roll out programs aimed at scaring the shit out of Chinese-Americans around espionage. Death penalty. Don’t hold back. Who has access to the frontier will dictate how many sailors we lose in a future conflict. I am advocating for the U.S. govt to collude with the labs to make distillation impossible. I am advocating for the U.S. govt to work with the labs to gatekeep and kyc access. I am advocating for the U.S. govt to incentivize labs from releasing the frontier as OSS. I am advocating for the U.S. govt to fund and encourage American OSS. But at close to the frontier not at the frontier. The frontier is hallowed ground. It is what will give American companies edge. It is what will keep our military dominant. It will let us hack every other govt while keeping our networks safe. Allow and encourage access to OSS. But on our terms. And tilt the board so the Chinese are increasingly disadvantaged and frustrated. I want Deepseek employees sneaking out of China because they are frustrated they couldn’t run experiments. And if you think American OSS isn’t feasible without Chinese OSS distillation then fuck you. You’re an idiot because you either aren’t smart enough to understand what that implies or you are and are so self-interested that you are willingly advocating for the U.S. to make a massive strategic blunder just so your portfolio of model wrappers has a chance at surviving.

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