> There's no way large companies outside the US will pay the "US AI lab" premium this has already happened with manufacturing, so it isn't surprising that othe

> There's no way large companies outside the US will pay the "US AI lab" premium this has already happened with manufacturing, so it isn't surprising that other industries follow. The US premium in engineering and scientific endeavors have been lacking for the past 30-40 years, and if it werent for tech and silicon valley, the US would have nothing state of the art. Even on that front, the US is falling behind given how much effort in tech has been diverted into privacy invading, and advertising. The US has been riding momentum, but eventually that momentum will stop. It will take half a century to get back up to speed, and by then, the US will have fallen behind so far that catching back up will seem impossible. The telling evidence would be if china has the first moonbase before the US does. I think this is highly likely looking at today's US administration.