Washington's bet on keeping Beijing hooked to advanced AI chips might backfire. The whole "controlled dependency" playbook sounds neat on paper—but supply chains don't care about political wishful thinking. When one door closes, manufacturers find windows. History's littered with tech embargoes that just turbocharged domestic alternatives. Crypto mining taught us that lesson years ago: cut off access, watch innovation explode elsewhere. Same chips powering AI models run blockchain networks. Control the silicon, control the future? Maybe. Or maybe just hand competitors a roadmap.