S-192 t1_jadwdq7 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:03 PM

Reply to comment by LowGradePlayer in The U.S. needs more than the CHIPS Act to stay ahead of China: MIT report by Vailhem

Cutting edge semiconductor technology. We are very ahead, and China is still struggling to access the means (resources, blueprints/patents, skilled labor, etc) of high-tech production and R&D that we have.

Their pseudo-capitalism under a controlled state lugs immense inertia and they're paying for it. Theft of IP has so far been their only valuable card, and we're trying very hard to make that harder for them.

LowGradePlayer t1_jadyhzo wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:16 PM

That’s a legacy advantage.

If you have to invest in who will develop the best tech in the next 20 years, where are you putting your money?

S-192 t1_jae0wqz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:31 PM

US/EU. China's economy is experiencing a period of burnout. We have chief control over the most cutting edge AI, which is expanding and improving by orders of magnitude, which drives insane network effects for all participating and adjacent industries.

China's certainly maintaining threat status, and their constant IP theft could certainly drive sudden leaps in progress, but we'll see.

I'm more concerned about China's global Imperialism, laying claim to natural resources/mineral rights across Africa, LatAm, etc, than I am about their ability to catch up to our leading edge of tech.

Hell, they've been trying for like 20 years now to catch up to our offshore/oil tech (which is very low tech stuff compared to this semiconductor shit) and they're still at best making janky knock-offs.

Edit-- lol you're the guy claiming China's 18 trillion dollar economy is larger than America's 25 trillion. If you honestly think every single competitive edge of ours is 'legacy' then you're really just playing the doomer.

LowGradePlayer t1_jaeh721 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:15 PM

US is finished, you can barely hold elections anyone.

Gold_Sky3617 t1_jaem5od wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:47 PM

The United States is in a considerably better position than China right now. There are not many analysts that think China is well positioned for the future. Their entire economy is reliant on US business and more importantly the US currency.

Sure, it might be a totalitarian lunatic in charge of the United States but that would just put them on the same footing as China has been in for like…. Ever.