US builds the smartest AI, China wires it into factories — the real race is rebuilding
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-10-30
The country that rebuilds its economy around AI beats the one that merely builds the smartest model. Drawing on the 40-year electrification lag, the author argues China treats AI deployment as national policy (smart factories, industry-wide rollouts) while US data centers wait years for grid connections — though neither advantage is permanent.
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