Quan Zhao argues in Project Syndicate that when US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet, they should approach artificial intelligence as a shared challenge rather than a competitive threat. He contends that preparation must precede certainty for AI’s potentially systemic and irreversible risks, drawing parallels to pandemic planning and arms-control treaties. Zhao suggests that reframing AI cooperation, rather than allowing technological rivalry to dominate, could help both nations jointly address what he characterizes as an existential-level risk.
