The obstacle posed to America by China's DeepSeek expert system (AI) system is profound, bring into question the US' overall approach to facing China. DeepSeek offers ingenious solutions starting from an original position of weakness.

believed that by monopolizing the usage and development of sophisticated microchips, it would forever paralyze China's technological development. In reality, it did not take place. The inventive and resourceful Chinese discovered engineering workarounds to bypass American barriers.

It set a precedent and something to consider. It could take place each time with any future American innovation