When Ronald Reagan sat across from Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik in 1986, the stakes could not have been higher. The future of nuclear arms control – and with it, the safety of the American people – hung in the balance. Reagan negotiated from a position of strength, refused to blink, and ultimately helped bring the Cold War to a close on America’s terms.
As President Trump prepares to travel to Beijing, he faces a moment with similar historical weight. The technology in question is not nuclear warheads. It is artificial intelligence – and the risks are just as real.
Advanced AI models are no longer a distant concern for science fiction writers and Silicon Valley futurists. They are here, they are powerful, and in the wrong hands, they pose a genuine threat to American national security.
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