The New US AI Doctrine, Stated Plainly: Their Theft Is Theft, Our Theft Is 'Justified'

A viral post skewers the emerging American posture toward China's AI — condemning IP theft while framing the appropriation of Chinese AGI as normatively acceptable.

The AI arms race acquired a sharper geopolitical edge this week. In a post that gained real traction, @OopsGuess distilled the emerging US posture into a single mordant line: "If China steals American technology, it is theft. If America steals Chinese AGI, it is 'legally and normatively justified.'"

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