Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com

Source: Yuyuan Tantian 玉渊谭天 (social media account affiliated with China Media Group/CCTV), republished by Jiefang Daily's Shanghai Observer 上观新闻 | Byline: Yuyuan Tantian 玉渊谭天 | October 1, 2026

When you drive toward San Francisco, nearly every billboard you pass along the way is about AI.

当你开车前往旧金山，一路上会看到，所有广告牌基本上都跟AI相关。

In fact, in the Bay Area you'll find that almost no one is idle. In any given week, anyone can attend all kinds of AI-related events: roundtables, big conferences, you name it.

其实在湾区，你会发现，这里几乎没有人闲着。一周之内，任何人都可以参加各种和AI相关的活动——圆桌、大型会议，什么都有。

In America's AI circles there is a word for this: community. The key to understanding what America's AI world is brewing and what is happening lies with these people. Technologists are discussing where model development is headed, researchers are debating how governance should be carried out, investors are judging which direction will break out...

在美国的AI圈子里，有一个词来形容它：社群。要了解美国AI圈子在酝酿什么、什么在发生，关键就在他们。技术人员在讨论模型发展的方向，研究员在争论治理如何开展，投资人在判断哪个方向能跑出来......

Quite a few of them are also mulling over matters between China and the United States.

还有不少人，在琢磨中美之间的事。

I. "Low-Hanging Fruit"

「一」“低垂的果实”

Recently, Tan Zhu (谭主, the account's narrator persona) spoke with some of them, including a former OpenAI engineer, a California state senator, and core participants in China-US Track II dialogue, as well as quite a few third-party organizations that shuttle between China and the United States.

最近，谭主和他们聊了聊，包括OpenAI前工程师、美国加利福尼亚州参议员、中美二轨对话的核心参与人等，还有不少穿梭在中美之间的第三方机构。

From these conversations, Tan Zhu found that China and the United States in fact share concern over many issues. What is pushing these issues forward is not only official-to-official contact, but a multilayered interweaving of official, semi-official, and nongovernmental channels.

聊下来，谭主发现，中美之间共同关注的议题其实很多。推动这些议题的，不只是官方对官方，更是官方、半官方、民间多层交织。

This year, dialogue channels on AI governance have been very dense. At the UN level there is a high-level meeting and an independent scientific panel; the G20 and APEC each have their own AI agendas; and Track II dialogue has brought together many Chinese and American technologists and policy researchers. Professional-level consensus can form through Track II dialogue, then be passed into policy circles, and finally be confirmed at each country's decision-making level.

今年，围绕AI治理的对话渠道十分密集——联合国层面有高级别会议和独立科学小组，G20和APEC各有自己的AI议程，二轨对话又将诸多中美技术人员和政策研究员汇聚在一起。专业层面的共识，可以通过二轨对话形成，再传入政策圈层，最终在各国的决策层获得确认。

One concrete example is establishing a communication channel for artificial intelligence incidents.