How funny will it be when the US economy collapses because of all the money poured into AI at the expense of pretty much everything else only for China to come out ahead anyways.

Personally I hope this is China's "Star Wars" moment, the current US admin certainly seems easy enough to manipulate into catastrophic own goals.

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bearjaws 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

China basically has been running a "do nothing, win anyway" campaign since the Trump era.

More and more people view the US as a bad ally, and China is stepping in to help in many places.

People should get out more, go visit South America, Dominican Republic, etc. They have cheaper AC, cheaper cars, cheaper appliances, all because they can import from China without tariffs. This is not to say they have worse quality, I would argue the opposite, much of what they import is at least as good or better than what you get in the USA.

It will be no surprise to me when we end up forced to use equal or worse American AI for a premium in price, while the rest of the world moves on.

	▲	DarmokTanagra 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Speaking as someone living in Asia who visits the US every year or so, you are falling more and more behind and I don’t see a way for you to catch up without a drastic societal reformation. The EV market alone should scare the average citizen, but it seems like a non issue every time I bring it up. I think the US economy has painted itself into a corner and this all in bet on AI is its last real play before the house of cards collapses.

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jimmydoe 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it's not Star Wars. china doesn't have to start any war, just let us finish (or get finished in) the wars...

	▲	DarmokTanagra 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think you misunderstood what I meant by "Star Wars". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative