Zijing Wu(@zijing_wu):People don’t seem to realise: distillation can’t be banned. One can only make it harder while total prohibition is technically impossible, like chip smuggling. Grasp that, and you’ll understand the AI politics on both sides of the pond far better.

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Zijing Wu@zijing_wu

2026.09.11 07:50

People don’t seem to realise: distillation can’t be banned. One can only make it harder while total prohibition is technically impossible, like chip smuggling. Grasp that, and you’ll understand the AI politics on both sides of the pond far better.