"There is no shortage of such zero-sum or competitive framing when it comes to the global AI space. Indeed, while Anthropic has emphasized AI safety at home, the company's co-founder and CEO, Dario Amodei, has stoked a narrative of an arms race abroad, arguing that export controls are essential to slow down China's development and ensure that the U.S. wins the AI race."
"Similarly, Chip War author Chris Miller argues that the U.S. chip export controls, such as the prohibition on the sale to China of the most advanced GPUs like the NVIDIA H100s, have "succeeded ... [by] significantly slow[ing] the growth of China's chipmaking capability". Indeed, Trump himself declared in July that America started the AI race, and it will win it."
President Trump approved exports of Nvidia H200 processors to China with a 25% fee, triggering criticism that national security is compromised. Prominent figures frame AI competition as a zero-sum race and support export controls to slow Chinese progress. Anthropic's Dario Amodei and commentators like Chris Miller claim controls have materially hindered China's chipmaking and that the United States must preserve an advantage. Critics portray the situation as a two-player race where one winner gains at the other's expense. A rational choice perspective challenges that view, arguing that the 'AI race' label mischaracterizes strategic incentives and the nature of technological competition.
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