How to Win at AI: Why Decentralization Can Help the US Avoid the Next DeepSeek Surprise
DeepSeek’s recent markets-shaking AI breakthrough highlighted the contrasting tech innovation strategies of China and the United States, prompting many in the budding industry to reassess their assumptions about competition and progress. China’s technological strategy has long been defined by a culture of relentless iteration. Unlike the West, where research breakthroughs are often protected by patents, proprietary methods, and competitive secrecy, China excels in refining and improving ideas th...