oeatwell

Exactly. If this continues, the US will be fighting the wrong competition against China instead of building around its own structural strengths.

I think frontier labs should start building ecosystems by partnering with companies that already have software products, and even collaborating with hardware manufacturers. The ultimate goal should be to create a much broader range of products that integrate naturally into people's everyday lives.

The United States' real advantage over China is freedom. Chinese LLMs simply can't compete with American ones when it comes to the humanities, creativity, entertainment, or financial transparency. As long as the U.S. continues monetizing these strengths, the compounding effect will make it virtually impossible for China to surpass the U.S. at the product level.