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Two coin-operated viewing binoculars on a sunny hilltop lookout. On the left, a man in a dark suit and glasses looks out to a far valley where small figures sit hunched over phones, and takes notes on a clipboard. He says, "Mine shows twenty years out." On the right, Donald Trump presses his face to binoculars aimed at the wall of a huge grey data center a few feet away, under a glowing sign of dollar signs and a green arrow going up. He says, "Mine shows next quarter. Beautiful view."

Three Rules and a Guardrail

China keeps writing law for what AI will do to people. Washington is watching the data centers.

China is racing America to build AI, and it has already written three rules about people getting hooked on it.

  1. March 1, 2022. China: no algorithm built for "inducing users to become addicted or spend too much."

  2. August 15, 2023. China: chatbot makers must "prevent minor users from overreliance or addiction to generative AI services."

  3. July 15, 2026. China: no AI companion may "induce emotional dependence or harm real-life relationships." Doubao and Qwen shut theirs off that day.

  4. September 14, 2026. Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" Same day: "There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China."

  5. September 23, 2026. Trump, at the U.N.: "We're going to encourage it, not rein it in."

The only rule is it begins