Since 2022, America has had a solid lead in artificial intelligence thanks to advanced models from high-flying companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and xAI. A growing number of experts, however, worry that the US is starting to fall behind when it comes to minting open-weight AI models that can be downloaded, adapted, and run locally.
The US does not have the talent pool to pull from to compete with China. This generation of China is the generation that grew up with record investment in education and infrastructure. Our generation is the generation of mass education institute attacks, de-funding and total neglect of infrastructure. We’re at a mismatch from differing policies and culture. We can’t bridge this gap. It’ll take several generations IF we do the right things.