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On October 17, 2026, during a conversation with Lex Fridman in Taiwan, Jensen Huang expressed opposition to computing power export controls, advocating a "flywheel" logic in place of blockade. He argued that blockades make sense for physical goods such as rare earths and bullets and bombs, but that the more widely the United States sells computing technology, the safer it becomes: sales generate wealth, wealth is invested in more R&D, and this cycle keeps the United States ahead, because the safest countries in the world tend to be the wealthiest. The full video was published on Lex Fridman's YouTube channel. This claim is currently reported by a single source, with no subsequent developments of fact.
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Jensen Huang on export controls: optimize the flywheel rather than block computing power
In his conversation with Lex Fridman in Taiwan, Jensen Huang opposed computing power export controls and advocated replacing blockades with flywheel logic. He believes blockades make sense for physical goods such as rare earths, bullets and bombs, but the more widely the U.S. sells computing technology, the safer it becomes: sales generate wealth, wealth is invested in more R&D, and this cycle keeps the U.S. ahead, because the safest countries in the world tend to be the wealthiest. The full video was posted on Lex Fridman's YouTube channel.