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Just because China hoards more data doesn't guarantee any success.

If just data collection would be enough then all crime should have been eradicated in the US by how much data NSA has.

The FBI also helps China to make sure Chinese scientists have a difficult career in USA.

It guarantees more access to training data which is crucial for development of any superiority when it comes to applied AI. The US still have a better academic culture but the chinese are catching up. Nothing is inevitable.

The strength of the US was always in the attractivity of the country for talented foreigners.

Is the same true of China, or will China have to rely on its homegrown cadre of scientists? Granted, there might be a lot of talent in a population of 1,4 billion.

> The US still have a better academic culture but the chinese are catching up.

Science is about truth. Dictatorships are about appealing to the dear leader. That's why China will never catch up to free and open countries.

No science is about truth. It's about falsifying claims through the process. However I agree with what you are saying about China.

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