China Derangement Syndrome

Often I see people claim it’s essential for America to win the AI race against China (in whatever sense) for reasons like these: “What is the reason we want America to win the AI race? It’s because we want to make sure free open societies can defend themselves” (Alec Stapp) “We should seek to win the race to global AI technological superiority and ensure that China does not… to ensure that our way of life is not displaced by the much darker Chinese vision “ (Marc Andreessen) “Will it be one in which the United States and allied nations advance a global AI that spreads the technology’s.