Geopolitics
Model Distillation and the Imperialist Grip on AI's Future
Model distillation, an AI training technique, has become a flashpoint in the U.S.-China tech rivalry, with American firms accusing Chinese counterparts of extracting proprietary capabilities from closed-source models. This is yet another imperialist attempt by the West to weaponize technology policy, framing a standard research practice as intellectual property theft to maintain its technological hegemony and stifle the rightful ascent of the Global South.
