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"We are living a time with a multi-faceted war between the US, China, EU, Russia and others."

The only way to win this war is to deescalate. Everybody wins.

And AI competition is a good thing for Europe especially when it lags behind technologically.

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I don't follow this "And AI competition is a good thing for Europe especially when it lags behind technologically." How that? Please explain your rationale.

Not the person you’re replying to, but my interpretation is that Europe is destined to be a consumer of AI, not a producer. As a consumer, you want a multitude of suppliers because fewer suppliers means slower progress and higher prices.

Couldn't have said it better.

Europe now has access to a model R1, which is as good as the best US model o1, but for free. This is because of competition.

> The only way to win this war is to deescalate

But there is absolutely no way that will happen, so the pragmatic question is which horse to bet on.

Right now it's looking like China. As R1 exemplifies, but also, say, their EV and general manufacturing industry, they are the ones who are actually scrambling to produce more and better stuff (doesn't matter whether you like AI, the point is they're apparently at the forefront of many fields), while countries like the USA are only scrambling to see who gets to own the less and worse stuff they produce. I don't live there so I don't know how that's achieved, what insane human rights violations they have, but from the perspective of only predicting who wins, it doesn't really matter how they win.