US-China AI Cooperation - Bryant McGill

# US-China AI Cooperation **Entity class:** Geopolitical concept **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / diplomacy / strategic competition **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition US-China AI cooperation is the pursuit of bounded agreements between the world's leading AI powers on shared dangers, verification, incident communication and constraints that neither side can secure unilaterally. ## Mechanism and significance Competition and cooperation can coexist: strategic rivalry supplies incentives to defect, while common exposure to loss of control, misuse or instability creates reasons to coordinate. ## Source route - [[research/David Robinson on OpenAI Safety, Superintelligence, and the Transhumanist Transition|David Robinson on OpenAI Safety, Superintelligence, and the Transhumanist Transition]] ## Relationships [[wiki/AI Race Dynamics|AI Race Dynamics]] · [[wiki/China AI Superpower|China AI Superpower]] · [[wiki/AI Superpower|AI Superpower]] · [[wiki/National Committee on US-China Relations|National Committee on US-China Relations]] ## Evidence boundary This node does not assume trust, parity or comprehensive agreement; credible cooperation requires narrow scope and verifiable commitments. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts  > “Changes in what is technologically possible can rapidly change what seems politically plausible. When I joined OpenAI, the Overton window felt like an Overton door into a strange world where reasonable possibilities were entirely outside what I had previously considered normal. That kind of change could also occur in United States–China cooperation on artificial intelligence.” > **— David Robinson**, *The Ezra Klein Show, October 7, 2026* [[reminders/AI Superpower/Technological Change Can Open the Door to US-China AI Cooperation by David Robinson|Technological Change Can Open the Door to US-China AI Cooperation by David Robinson]]