If the US gives other countries an ample head start to establish the major AI companies and doesn't compete, it is unlikely that it's GDP will support as good a standard of living in the future.
I mean, by this logic only the single leading AI country will have any decent standard of living.
But if you believe that many counties will have a decent standard of living/gdp growth, then it stands to reason that not being first or best shouldn’t matter too much.
The US wasn’t first with cell phones and that doesn’t seem to hav mattered too much no matter how u Iquitos they are.
A country like the USA can always catch up if they decide they want to
I don't buy that at all. But even if it's accurate, it feels a little like "we have to burn the village in order to save it".
If barreling forward full steam brings on serious problems, that would harm our standard of living as well. I'm not sure I'm OK with letting other people roll the dice on my future to that degree.
But if you believe that many counties will have a decent standard of living/gdp growth, then it stands to reason that not being first or best shouldn’t matter too much.
The US wasn’t first with cell phones and that doesn’t seem to hav mattered too much no matter how u Iquitos they are.
A country like the USA can always catch up if they decide they want to