#ai-race

#ai-race

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offered a blunt prediction that China will beat the U.S. in the AI race and that Western countries are being held back by cynicism. As the battle over who will dominate in the development of the consequential technology, Huang, whose $5 trillion California-based company is trapped in regulatory crossfire, argued that China is structurally advantaged and pointed to the country's radically lower energy costs and permissive regulatory environment.

There is an all-out global race for AI dominance. The largest and most powerful companies in the world are investing billions in unprecedented computing power. The most powerful countries are dedicating vast energy resources to assist them. And the race is centered on one idea: transformer-based architecture with large language models are the key to winning the AI race. What if they are wrong?

Jesse Owens' gold medal victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics exemplified American repudiation of Nazi ideology, representing a vital stance against tyranny. Today, America’s approach to the AI race against China must similarly reflect this mindset. President Xi Jinping aims to exploit technological dominance to impose his vision of global governance and restrict individual freedoms. American policymakers recognize the perceived AI Race between the U.S. and China, understanding the need for the U.S. to win but questioning how to effectively achieve that victory.