"The real lesson of DeepSeek is that America’s approach to A.I. safety and regulations — the concerns espoused by both the Biden and Trump administrations..."

"... as well as by many A.I. companies — was largely nonsense. It was never going to be possible to contain the spread of this powerful emergent technology, and certainly not just by placing trade restrictions on components like graphic chips. That was a self-serving fiction, foisted on out-of-touch leaders by an industry that wanted the government to kneecap its competitors. Instead of a futile effort to keep this genie bottled up, the government and the industry should be preparing our society for the sweeping changes that are soon to come...."

Writes Zeynep Tufekci, in "The Dangerous A.I. Nonsense That Trump and Biden Fell For" (NYT)(free-access link).

What gets the deep six at DeepSeek?

DeepSeek seems great. pic.twitter.com/WFDFBri2an

— Kyle Glen (@KyleJGlen) January 27, 2025