>>US government is working overtime to make sure legacy technologies stay around while the rest of the world is investing into the future.

>"Rest of the world"? Europe isn't even a player in the AI race.

I think the legacy technology he is referring to is the more about the electrical generation method rather than the AI use of that electricity.

Yes, all the technologies of the future demand a huge increase in energy generation that fossil fuels can’t satisfy. In the long run (decades) the US won’t be able to stay in the game with this kind of anti-scientific policies.