The Cognitive Revolution · Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Anton Likht doubts the US would agree to a deal with China to pace AI development, fearing it could erode its current advantage. He suggests that despite potential global benefits, China's established advantages in frontier technologies and manufacturing make such a US-led deal unlikely.
“And why he believes that in light of the many advantages that China has established in frontier technologies and manufacturing generally, he doubts that the US will want to do a deal that might erode its advantage in AI, even if such a deal would be good for the rest of the world.”