Make skeptics and China scared

Effective AI‑safety policy requires two persuasion targets: domestic skeptics who must be convinced the risk is real, and China (or other strategic competitors) who must feel sufficient pressure to cooperate or rein in competitions. Without both political and geopolitical fear as levers, voluntary industry restraint and binding rules are unlikely to stick. — This reframes AI safety from a technical or ethical issue into a strategic communications and geopolitics problem with direct implications for regulation, export controls, and international coordination.