Ethereum co-founder dismisses China’s artificial superintelligence goal
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Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, engaged in a debate on X regarding the narrative of China and the U.S. being neck and neck in the AI war. Through a series of posts and responses on the social media platform X, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, challenged the current popular narrative that the United States is locked in an inescapable “arms race” for Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) with China. Is a moratorium on AI development needed? Senator Bernie Sanders took to X to advocate for a halt to the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure, proposing a moratorium on the building of the massive data centers currently causing the “unregulated sprint” of AI development. Sanders’ view is that a temporary pause would give democratic institutions the necessary time to “catch up” and ensure that the technology will benefit the general public and not just the wealthiest 1%. Large-scale data centers currently consume immense amounts of electricity and water, with some individual facilities projected to use as much power as 750,000 homes. In response, Buterin wrote out the pros and cons of such a slowdown. He expressed support for distinguishing between “supersized clusters” and consumer-grade AI writing, and he prefers decentralized progress. But he also raised concerns that a simple moratorium might be easily worked around by developers and fail to meet its intended safety goals. Rather than a moratorium, he proposed the idea of a “pause button” that could cut off power to AI supercomputers during future critical moments. Is China really racing toward Artificial Superintelligence? A comment on Sanders’ post read that any U.S. slowdown while China continues to produce at the same pace would mean the U.S. losing its lead in a “new cold war.” Responding to this perspective, Buterin stated, “I feel like these claims that China is determined to race to…
