The EU region managed to promptly fall behind the US in semiconductors, software, PCs, Web, mobile, cloud, and it's repeating history again with AI. Except this time they're going to pre-emptively cripple themselves, making the task of US companies to dominate the field that much easier.
Walling itself off isn't going to help. Europe is going to get crushed if they don't aggressively participate. The AI outside the walls will evolve very quickly and drastically, while everything inside the walls moves at a highly regulated snail's pace. Over a short amount of time it'll put the EU at a large disadvantage, not least of all in labor/talent (which will abandon the EU even faster than it already does, to pursue the best opportunities at the highest pay).
Walling itself off isn't going to help. Europe is going to get crushed if they don't aggressively participate. The AI outside the walls will evolve very quickly and drastically, while everything inside the walls moves at a highly regulated snail's pace. Over a short amount of time it'll put the EU at a large disadvantage, not least of all in labor/talent (which will abandon the EU even faster than it already does, to pursue the best opportunities at the highest pay).