If the two world’s most powerful nations pursue AI through absolutism—each convinced that their singular path of exceptionalism is the only right one—the consequences could be dire for all.

“The genie is out of the bottle.” Warren Buffett, comparing AI to nuclear weapons, warned us about humanity. AI is already set in motion and irreversible, similar to the dilemma we face with nuclear weapons. Even developers cannot predict the direction AI will take or how it will be used, let alone the damage it could cause to society.

When AI can write and compose, it surpasses us in various domains and alters our lives, regardless of how we feel about it. From an Eastern perspective: since the mountain will not move, the river must adapt—and it always finds a way.