AI Race
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Sacks: Permission-based AI regulation will cause US to lose race to China
“But when you're talking about AI models, you're talking about replacing a system that is releasing new versions Every couple of months with one that is potentially fully under the control of government, fully government approved, everything has to be certified…”
McCormick: US cannot win AI race without expanding energy supply
“We can't win the AI race without energy”
Maguire: Physical infrastructure will decide the AI race, favoring Musk
“Elon's the best in the world at atoms, and I think atoms are going to be a decisive factor in the AI race.”
Sacks: Trump declared US must win AI race in July 2025 speech
“President Trump gave a major AI policy speeches in July, and he declared that the United States had to win the AI race.”
Sacks: Halting data center expansion would cripple US in global AI race
“It would fundamentally, I think, cripple the United States in the AI race if we just stopped building data centers altogether.”
Amon: The winner at the edge will win the overall AI race
“I think at the end of the day, the winner of the edge Is going to be the winner of the AI race.”
Lessin predicts neither the US nor China will win the AI race
“It's also completely true that the U.S. And China are, one is not gonna best the other in this war. I just don't, I, there's just no doubt.”
Sacks: US will lose AI race to China under pre-approval regulations
“And I think we will lose the AI race to countries like China if, You know, if this is the set of rules that we have.”
Sacks: Restricting AI training data could cost the US the AI race
“If you hamstring our AI models access to data by creating a whole bunch of new requirements for contract negotiations, like we could really lose the AI race.”
Sacks: Restricting US AI innovation will lead to losing AI race to China
“If you hobble our own innovation, our own AI efforts in the name of stomping out every possibility of X risk, then you probably end up losing the AI race to China because they're not going to abide by those same regulations.”
Casado: Global AI development is a space race the US must win
“It really is the AI race, just like we went through the space race, and we need to win.”
Calacanis: US must build more nuclear power plants to win AI race
“There's only one way for us to win, and that's to build new, more nuclear power plants”
Lanng: Counting Apple out of the AI race is a major mistake
“And I think, by the way, everybody will be making a mix, make a big mistake if they count Apple out of the AI race. They're gonna come With a hundred miles an hour, I mean, they come in, it would be really, really good.”