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A few years ago Eric Schmidt (Alphabet) said that in his own opinion, China's AI agenda under Xi Jinping is much stronger than the US's, and that at the rate at which things are going, China will likely be the world leaders in almost every facet of AI - what's your two cents on this?
Second question, of the FAANG companies (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google), which do you think will create the most amazing AI powered, consumer products.
This is sort of that "contrarian" question - what's one thing that's widely believed to be true that you've found to be quite untrue.
What's the most profound book you've read in the past year? Last is, which startup excites you the most right now, and why?
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To your first question, I believe they somewhat already have. If you look purely at the numbers, I believe they already lead the world in newly published AI research or are quite close to that. In my opinion, its because the K-12 education system is much more tech focused there, and until the US competes at that level of education as well (which seems somewhat unlikely, considering the state of public education in the US government), we will surely be not just outpaced, but completely dominated in the next few decades. Also at the doctoral level at many Ivy+ schools, almost half of PhDs in tech come from international students, so you can draw whatever conclusions you'd like from that.
To your second question, none of them. They will likely purchase another company doing such h things. One thing that we have to realize is that cutting-edge B2C AI generally doesn't usually make money in short term timelines. Companies that do often end up being unicorns or acquired by one. If you were to take a look at how FAANG companies make the majority of their money, I would bet a lot of money that its not the jaw dropping consumer AI systems. From the B2B sense, however, probably Amazon, as they dominate the B2B computing market already.
The third question: hard work rarely yields personal financial success. This may be a jaded opinion, but the majority of wealth made in the US isn't made by the hard work of the person who benefits.
The most profound book that I've read in the past year is a book of poetry, called the sun and her flowers, by Rupi Kaur. For me, poetry helps me find solace and meaning, and speaks when I cannot come up with words myself. Lastly, the startup that excites me the most is the one I'm working on in secret.
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