Ask HN: So US sanctions are more or less footguns right?

A Hacker News user argues that US sanctions on China, which prohibit NVIDIA chips from being sold there, are counterproductive, as they compel China to develop independent, affordable alternatives and flood the market with cheaper open-source AI models. The post suggests these sanctions act as 'footguns' that backfire on US interests.

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | I mean like US sanctions on China, which prohibits NVIDIA chips from being sold to them, China is compelled to become independent of them. Consequently, China can now manufacture and sell affordable alternatives, flood open source cheaper AI models either with or without distillation. | ||||||||||| |