The Hurdle Rate Podcast(@HurdleRatePod):Jeff Walton says slowing U.S. frontier AI development creates an opening for others to win the race. Open-source developers, China, and other countries still have strong incentives to build the best models. He sees plenty of focus on what could go wrong with AI, and not enough on what could go right. “I do think there’s a need to steer the direction of these models.”

2026.09.18 13:00

Jeff Walton says slowing U.S. frontier AI development creates an opening for others to win the race. Open-source developers, China, and other countries still have strong incentives to build the best models. He sees plenty of focus on what could go wrong with AI, and not enough on what could go right. “I do think there’s a need to steer the direction of these models.” - @PunterJeff