Governments will be motivated to deregulate and enable rapid superintelligence deployment through special economic zones because of an international arms race with China, where allowing deployment delays would mean technological and military dominance by the competitor.
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Daniel KokotajloEvidence Quote
“if you imagine yourself in the position of the president and the superintelligences are giving you these wonderful forecasts... it'll take them 10 years because of all the regulations. Meanwhile, China it's pretty clear that the president would be very sympathetic to that argument.”
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Robot Plumbers, Robot Armies, and Our Imminent A.I. Future | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat— Interesting Times with Ross DouthatCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:14:40 AM
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