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Substack · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-09-26)

• Gary Marcus advises President Trump to pursue AI collaboration with China, rather than a “slowdown,” during an upcoming meeting with President Xi, framing it as an opportunity to “make history” and potentially win a Nobel Prize.
• He contrasts this collaborative path with an AI “slowdown” (which he personally favors but deems unlikely for Trump), drawing parallels to Cold War cooperation with the Soviet Union on issues like space and smallpox.
• Marcus suggests specific collaboration areas like cancer and cybersecurity, citing a People’s Daily article advocating for “AI as a new frontier for China-US cooperation” as evidence of China’s willingness.
• He warns that if a slowdown isn’t pursued, “really bad things might happen,” for which Trump would take “a lot of the blame,” underscoring the urgency of a strategic approach to AI policy.