The obstacle presented to America by China's DeepSeek expert system (AI) system is profound, bring into question the US' overall method to challenging China. DeepSeek provides ingenious options beginning with an original position of weak point.

America believed that by monopolizing the use and development of sophisticated microchips, it would permanently paralyze China's technological improvement. In reality, it did not occur. The inventive and resourceful Chinese found engineering workarounds to bypass American barriers.

It set a precedent and something to consider. It might happen every time with any future American innovation