This would be more interesting for discussion if the comment described an actual threat scenario instead of a vague hypothetical. Even in the hypothetical, there’s no actual described consequence, only that China gains some undefined level of soft power which means nothing on its own.

Some ideas:

- How are these LLMs being used? Who is the end user and what are they using the application for?

- If a state-level threat actor wanted to compromise an LLM, how would they do it? What would their goals be? How would they then use the attack vector to accomplish their goals?

- What benefit would the actor get from doing so? What are the costs? What are the consequences if they fail or are discovered?

- How would a target detect if they’ve been compromised? How easily could they recover?