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The Cognitive Revolution · Thursday, September 10, 2026

China's AI Rise is a Return to Historical Norms, Not a Recent Shift: Nate

Nate posits that China's advancement in AI research should be viewed not as a recent development but as a return to its historical position of prominence. He suggests that attempts to impede China's technological progress will only yield short-term results.

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is that China's rise in general and in the field of AI research specifically, should not be understood as a recent change, but as a return to the long-term historical norm, which to me suggests that any attempt to delay Chinese progress can succeed for a short period of time, at most.
Nate
Heard on The Cognitive Revolution — “Nathan Goes to China #3: US-China Relations, the Art of the AI Deal & the Road to Pax Robotica, published Thursday, September 10, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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