Friedberg: China wants to commoditize AI to dominate global manufacturing
David Friedberg · The Fight Over Open Source AI, Anthropic's $1.5B Payout, NYC Socialists: Evictions = Violence? · Jul 24, 2026 · at 43:45
David Friedberg, venture capitalist and All-In co-host, outlines China's macroeconomic geopolitical strategy regarding open-source software and physical infrastructure advantages.
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“And I think that's the long game for China over a decade, two, three decade process, is by compressing the knowledge economy and the services economy, commoditizing it completely, they are left holding all the value in the global economy because they can make stuff, and they can make it cheaper than anyone because they have the most electricity production.”
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