That ain't good but it does seem inevitable given all the factors...
Unless people want to bend that knee and kneel before a Chinese Emperor, they better get their minds right.
I think achieving ASI first is FAR more existential for our country than getting the bomb first. Russians still would have needed a delivery system.
ASI will be instantly everywhere and all defenses will be swept away with a thought.
You want us to have that first, or Xi?
AI companies ought to be declared National Security Assets. There should be vast government grants and contract. At least as many tax gifts as we give the petroleum industry and the defense aerospace companies.
Data Centers should be granted special National Security waivers for permits it should be against the law to block them.
This one will be for all the marbles.
