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The race for "AI Supremacy" is over – at least for now
Decades of government kowtowing to Big Tech has thus far failed to produce a decisive victory
A rumor I heard at Davos, which fits with some earlier reporting from the Wall Street Journal and another well-placed source I read recently, is that OpenAI is struggling to build GPT-5, focusing instead on the user interface in an effort to find a different, less technical advantage. Nonetheless, the Biden administration, perhaps caught in the hype, seemed willing to gamble an awful lot for a short-term advantage, even if it meant straining relations with Beijing or spurring China’s own future innovation in silicon manufacturing. In a brutal, viral tweet that captures much of my own thinking here, the reporter Ryan Grim wrote yesterday about how the US government (with the notable exception of Lina Khan) has repeatedly screwed up by placating big companies and doing too little to foster independent innovation:
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