https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/04/19/opinion-how-an-overhyped-u-s-china-arms-race-in-ai-helps-big-tech-and-venture-capital/

It’s a familiar refrain in tech boardrooms and government corridors: China is aggressively challenging America to an arms race in artificial intelligence. Whoever wins will control the geopolitical landscape — and global economy — for generations.

For years, Pentagon officials and tech luminaries like Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, and Alex Karp have parroted this doomsday scenario.