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Since these two[1][2] incidents, I wondered deeply for a while, what is going to happen here as it seems the CCP is getting more and more brazen. I don't believe it would be legal for "enhanced background checks" on someone in the hiring process because they are Chinese American, and it opens an awful door regardless. I don't really know the solution, but I've thought a lot about the problem. (And yes, of course there is that 5 eyes/other "Western" powers are almost certainly doing similar stuff)
[1] https://japantoday.com/category/world/2-us-navy-sailors-arre...
[2] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/harvard-university-professor-...
It absolutely would be legal if AI was recategorized as ITAR. In 2022, dual citizenship was cracked down on in ITAR regulations and dual(or more) citizen individuals must now be deeply vetted for contact with ITAR Section 126.1 countries which include China.
Thinking out loud, it does seem like it could help, although it does place a significant (at times) burden on people affected, and in the case that I worked with it made no practical difference whatsoever at preventing the use of the technology by US adversaries. So yes I think it might could help, but my inclination is away from it as I think it would ultimately be ineffective yet quite burdensome on US companies. Possibly to the point of backfiring, leading to a country like China that is (so far at least) much more "open" in regards to AI/ML.
Do you have any thoughts?
We've lost reems of technology to I*aeli espionage.
To be fair, this would have been prohibited if we subjected AI to ITAR restrictions. That said, do we know Ding was a Chinese national?
If you mean people of Chinese national origin, yes. If you mean Chinese nationals, I’m unconvinced.
Leaders can still learn from new/other perspectives, and non-leaders can still have good ideas.
It is obviously valuable to have quick/inside access to new and promising perspectives. And sometimes those ideas are going to come from the other 50% of contributors.