The difficulty postured to America by China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) system is extensive, bring into question the US' total approach to challenging China. DeepSeek provides innovative options beginning with an original position of weak point.

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

It set a precedent and something to consider. It might occur each time with any future American technology