In general, the two major countries competing for AI development are the US and China. Here in the states, regulations are generally enforced with a “do it until we ban it” model, but China has less rule of law, and therefore a “do it and we might shut your company down or put you in jail” system. As an American company, it is unlikely for the government to intervene in any AI research in a meaningful way, assuming short timelines. It is much more likely for the CCP to be aligned, without the concern of profits. 

In China, your speech is severely limited, even though there is not any event occurring^[1] warranting this. Banning people from criticizing minor policies your party has generally only has the purpose of helping the state stay in power, at the detriment of the policies and welfare of your people. The idea of Chinese AI being bad for the US is very unreasonable, as an aligned superintelligence is unlikely to care about borders, but it would be a mistake to trust the Chinese Communist Party to be aligned themselves.

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   During wars, there has been speech restrictions placed on the US, which would not have the same meaning as China’s restrictions.