It's always disappointing to see science described as if it's a sportsball game between nations.
Whoever develops the tech first, we all win. You know, as long as the new sentient AI doesn't slaughter us all in our sleep that is.
>People in pretty much every country are doing some pretty amazing stuff. A lot of it you won't hear about if you limit yourself
I agree, and this is why I am unworried about the recent moves to cut government research funding in the US. There are plenty of other countries with great research institutions.
Look what happened when Bush pushed out most of the stem cell research -- research moved to Singapore and China. But the world still benefited, just not US companies.
Yeah, I thought a lot of the deep-learning revolution had come out of Canadian universities.
1 example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougaar
However, I wouldn't be surprised if the U.S. intelligence agencies want to do that just as much to Americans and the whole planet, but do it in secret.
People in pretty much every country are doing some pretty amazing stuff. A lot of it you won't hear about if you limit yourself to press releases from venture capitalists.