@techreport{2nnby9,
  author = {Gilly, Travis},
  title = {{It Was Always Going to Be a Cold War: Why Artificial Intelligence Could Not Have Been Fusion, and What the Nuclear Path Leaves Available}},
  institution = {Real Safety AI Foundation},
  type = {Working Paper},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  note = {Version 0.4},
  url = {https://realsafetyai.org/research/2nnby9/},
  keywords = {symmetry window, salience window, AI arms race, security dilemma, focusing events, Baruch Plan, non-proliferation, compute governance, export controls, precautionary governance, technology policy, harm blindness}
}