Which side would you pick?
Argues countries should align with open AI ecosystems rather than US proprietary stacks, framing the US demand to pick sides as hegemonic coercion and open source as protection against vendor lock-in.
Argues countries should align with open AI ecosystems rather than US proprietary stacks, framing the US demand to pick sides as hegemonic coercion and open source as protection against vendor lock-in.
Western governments increasingly adopt Chinese-style surveillance and control, which the author argues validates the CCP’s model and erodes universal human rights, making the free world authoritarian in practice rather than in name.
Contends China remains valuable as an alternative to a Western monopoly, offering payment rails, manufacturing, and infrastructure without conditions, and that attacking it harms global prosperity more than its authoritarianism does.