Please don't post inflammatory rhetoric comparing the relative merits of nation states on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

And cloning video games -- because apparently that's now on par with bioweapons when it comes to societal harm...

> It's so bizarre to watch China embrace the wonders of science and technology, while certain American startups and communities repeat "WHAT ABOUT THE BIOWEAPONS?"

It shouldn't be. China is the closest thing to a technocracy the world has.

With China's Announcement 48 (export restrictions on AI), I'm not sure how much longer that will continue for open-weight models. It includes a number of areas of biomedicine as covered technologies. It's not clear if a model capable of doing such biomedical research would be considered as Prohibited/Restricted from Export.

In America, AI companies get sued because people died asking AI questions.

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> It's so bizarre to watch China embrace the wonders of science and technology, while certain American startups and communities repeat "WHAT ABOUT THE BIOWEAPONS?"

Eh, I'm reasonably certain it's not altruism. It's another form of competition with the US companies and I'm thankful for it while it lasts.