For the first time in my life, I feel like a second-class citizen because people in America have better AI and are moving faster than I am, and that makes me furious.
Pullen says US export controls (like the sudden banning of the Fable model) and America's faster frontier progress have, for the first time, made him feel like a second-class citizen in AI. ✦ AI generated
Alistair Pullen · Machine Learning Street Talk · 2026-07-13 · original ↗
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“How's this going to pan out for you guys?”
Yeah. I mean for the first time I feel like a second-class citizen because those those folks over there in America they've got better AI than I do. They are going faster than I am and I really hate that.
verbatim transcript · starts at 55:16
55:00sure you've seen as well where that's going to be rolled out. And there there is even for me like a huge part of me being like, "Oh man, that really sucks. I wanted to try that model and I don't know whether I'll be able to now." And that might just be the existence for us now unless like we and others do work to get that level of performance out in
55:16some other way. And that's like our job now I guess. >> Yeah. I mean for the first time I feel like a secondass citizen because those those folks over there in America they've got better AI than I do. >> They are going faster than I am and I really hate that. >> And and and and believe me that boils my blood more than anyone else. Um and I we
55:34are going to do everything we can to pull this off. Um you mentioned like how are you going to do this? It's like we are just going to we're just going to make it happen. Um we have no choice but to make it happen. >> Please do. >> Yes, we are going to do everything we can to make it happen. >> On behalf of everyone in the UK, please
55:48do. >> We'll do our best. Thank you. >> It's been been a pleasure. Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much for having me.
- ·First time feeling like a second-class citizen
- ·Cause: people in America have better AI
- ·They are moving faster than he is
- ·This disparity makes him furious
- ·US export controls cited as a driver
- ·Example: sudden banning of the Fable model
- ·America's faster frontier progress compounds the gap