I've always admired Sweden for committing to robotics (it was back in the 90's I think, at a time when I was doing robotics work for Fanuc and GE). They went fr

I've always admired Sweden for committing to robotics (it was back in the 90's I think, at a time when I was doing robotics work for Fanuc and GE). They went from nothing to becoming a major robotics player over decades. In contrast, I think committing to AI is a mistake - the market is fundamentally different. To put it simply - there is lots and lots of work to be done in robotics, over decades, while, in contrast, there is a big burst of work to be done in AI, followed by relatively little work (compared to the scale of robotics.) I admire Finland, and I hope somebody out there figures out the business difference before they lose decades to opportunity cost.