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Provide sources for your claim and you just may change my mind. However, even if it is a current lead, I wonder if it would last any relevant length of time. For one, their chips are not as quality. Second, as far as I can tell the US is entering a war with military contracts being signed with AI companies. This unprecedented coupling of AI and warfare isn't being matched by anyone on earth.
huggingface.co/models
Read it and weep. China is completely dominating.
Regarding the future, what use are those chips if you don't build more electric grid? China builds tons of solar panels, and usa builds nothing. China is already developing better chips, and has cut off your rare earths supply, so you can't develop better chips.
I don't understand your link. It just lists open source AI models which are.. free? And about creating entertainment?
I'm not sure if that plays into the AI warfare dominance the US is building and is not open source.
I know China dominates energy sustainability. Will they go nuclear to stay ahead of the US? I think that's the US response is basically entire nuclear plants dedicated to specific companies like Microsoft and Google.
Do you have sources for "the US has no rare earths supplies and can't make better chips?"
I'm happy to be taught honestly. My ego is not about winning an argument here.
My initial argument is still that: both systems suck and the people of earth deserve better!