WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.037 And I'm sorry to upset people in Texas. 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:06.877 Um it sure looks to me like um China is 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:09.997 going to dominate the low-end robotic 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:14.237 space. They're driving the cost of humanoid and 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:16.797 nonhumanoid robots down to thousands of 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:19.997 dollars from 10 $20,000. 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:24.317 Their hardware, which is derived from their electronic vehicle work, is 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:29.437 extraordinary. We in America don't have access to the Chinese EV cars, but 00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:32.317 they're phenomenally good at it, and they're getting better and better, and 00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:37.277 they're doing it the Chinese way, which means it scales. So, ex Google CEO Dr. 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:40.877 Eric Schmidt just gave another controversial take about the AI and 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:45.117 automation race between the US and China. It's so profound that this will 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:49.197 define the future of warfare with AI advancements, and the Ukraine war is a 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:53.197 perfect example. Let's unwrap the big picture with Eric before we dissect 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.717 deeper into how AI is already changing real wars. 00:00:56.800 --> 00:00:59.757 >> I think the Ukraine war is a very good 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:02.717 test bed to try to understand how AI 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:06.077 will change war. And I'm not trying to 00:01:06.160 --> 00:01:08.237 minimize the horrific nature of the war. 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:12.877 I've been in it. I've been on the front lines. Uh real wars are much worse than 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:14.317 you all think they are if you've not 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.357 been in them. It's really horrific. 00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:20.237 Um I think that there's a couple of 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:22.957 principles that I would offer. The first 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.837 is that there's no place to hide. Um 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.877 that modern sensors see everything. So, 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:34.157 for example, um if you're on the front, 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:36.797 uh which is a horrible place to be, you 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:38.157 can only come in and out of your 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:41.997 foxholes at dawn and dusk every 12 hours 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:43.917 because those are the only times when 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.477 you can move without being detected by 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.877 the uh daytime cameras or the infrared 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:53.357 nighttime cameras. And the infrared 00:01:53.440 --> 00:01:55.757 cameras are getting so good now that the 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:58.557 visibility at night is very similar to 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:03.917 what you need for the day. I mean, it's astounding. Um, so if there's no place 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.517 to hide, then why are you building aircraft carriers? The US Army just 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:10.797 announced a brand new huge tank, uh, 00:02:10.880 --> 00:02:15.517 which is a sitting duck for the next generation of drones. And by the time 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:19.037 the tank is deployed, the drones will be incredibly powerful. You have the same 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.997 principle with aircraft carriers and so forth. Um, it's my own view is that the 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.837 fastest learner wins. What's happening on Ukraine's side is that they're 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:30.157 outnumbered three or four to one and 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:34.957 Ukraine is moving very very quickly to innovate ahead of the Russians. The 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:39.117 Russians are good, but the Ukrainians are better and that's why the fight is 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:43.437 kind of balanced right now. It's it's not a stalemate. It's a tough fight, but 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.077 Russia has not been able to achieve her 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:48.157 objectives. Uh, which in my view is very 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.277 good. Um, you know, if you go back to 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:55.277 all of this hardware, when you go to the actual front, there's nothing on it. 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.077 They don't have tanks or armored personnel carriers. All those things 00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:01.837 that are sitting in warehouses, you can't use them. They're too dangerous to 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:04.077 be in. And I think what's going to 00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:09.117 happen is that the autonomy aspects will 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:11.837 make automatic killing machines in war 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:16.797 much more likely. And I'm not talking about the robots that you see in movies. 00:03:16.880 --> 00:03:20.397 I'm talking about the equivalent of drones whether they're sea drones or air 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:25.197 drones that are highly automated with highly automated kill chains. And I 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:29.837 think the final observation, sorry to go on, is that this is integrated in an AI 00:03:29.920 --> 00:03:33.997 software framework using reinforcement learning and that integrated software 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.157 framework with reinforcement learning 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:41.357 means that you can have optimal battle plans. My observation of military having 00:03:41.440 --> 00:03:44.477 spent lots of time with them is they have thousands of people who consider 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:48.877 themselves planners. Why do we need planners when we can have the computer 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:53.117 do a better plan than humans can? The planners can obviously oversee what the 00:03:53.200 --> 00:03:56.237 computer's doing, but computers are going to be better at planning and 00:03:56.320 --> 00:04:00.877 vision and frankly killing. Just so you know, reinforcement learning AI is 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.517 terrifyingly powerful in war. Basically, it works as simply as this diagram. But 00:04:05.600 --> 00:04:09.917 the scary part is it doesn't just follow human rules. It learns by simulating 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:13.517 millions of battles, discovers strategies no human planner would ever 00:04:13.600 --> 00:04:17.837 think of, and then executes them at machine speed. And here's a real example 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.757 from Eric, which sparked from the famous 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:23.117 Google Alph Go move 37. 00:04:23.200 --> 00:04:27.037 So, I was present when AlphaGo won the 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.237 first Korean uh championship against the 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:35.037 human and I was literally in Korea and 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.597 there was a famous move called move 37 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:39.117 and go has been a game that's been 00:04:39.200 --> 00:04:42.397 played for 2,500 years which made no 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.797 sense and I was with the room with the 00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:49.037 humans and the human says proof 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.797 proof that the game is going to lo the 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:56.717 computer's going to lose to humans because no human would make such a 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.717 stupid mistake. When they re when they reverse 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:05.277 engineered the algorithm, the computer had discovered a new move. 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.117 And this was the first example that I'm 00:05:07.200 --> 00:05:09.997 aware of in a gaming context of a 00:05:10.080 --> 00:05:12.797 completely new strategy being invented 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:14.797 that was not visible to humans who were 00:05:14.880 --> 00:05:17.437 real experts in it. So I'm of the 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:21.917 opinion that if you have a hundred humans who are busy controlling all the 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.077 drones and these are smart people and they're well trained and so forth, my 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.157 computer using reinforcement algorithms can actually come up with moves that you 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.157 cannot anticipate and I can beat you. 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.997 That is my opinion. So my guess is that 00:05:36.080 --> 00:05:38.237 the key things you need for for winning 00:05:38.320 --> 00:05:43.677 a war on a go forward basis is you're going to need millions of drones of many 00:05:43.760 --> 00:05:47.437 different kinds. by the way, not you know, you think of one type drone, 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:52.237 different sizes and power that the algorithms will run in simulation and 00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:54.397 they'll learn what combinations to do 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.117 based on what the enemy is doing and the 00:05:57.200 --> 00:05:59.437 the battle will occur very quickly. So 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:01.597 the enemy comes in with a particular 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:05.677 force projection and the computer says 00:06:05.760 --> 00:06:08.397 ah the optimal winning algorithm is to 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.637 do A, B and C. The humans will watch 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.157 this and go, "Holy crap, look at what it 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:16.477 just did." Um, and this is equivalent of 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.997 of uh sacrificing your queen in chess. 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:23.517 But as a mathematical uh ability, the 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:25.757 goal in war is to increase the 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:28.957 probability of winning from 50/50, say, 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:33.517 all the way up to 100%. We we know how to do that algorithmically. Eric is 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:37.437 quite confident about the Ukraine war, but China as well as its AI and 00:06:37.520 --> 00:06:40.477 autonomous power, it's a different story. 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.157 >> Well, it's interesting. I was just there. Um, I visited a whole bunch of 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:47.037 robotic factories and um, and I'm sorry 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.557 to upset people in Texas. Um, it sure 00:06:50.640 --> 00:06:53.837 looks to me like, um, China is going to 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:58.157 dominate the low-end robotic space. 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:00.717 They're driving the cost of humanoid and 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.117 nonh humanoid robots down to thousands 00:07:03.200 --> 00:07:06.477 of dollars from 10 $20,000. 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:10.877 Their hardware, which is derived from their electronic vehicle work, is 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:15.997 extraordinary. We in America don't have access to the Chinese EV cars, but 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:18.877 they're phenomenally good at it, and they're getting better and better, and 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:22.797 they're doing it the Chinese way, which means at scale. So, my conclusion was 00:07:22.880 --> 00:07:27.757 that the ideal scenario is Chinese hardware and American software. which is 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:32.317 geopolitically not possible, but that's the way I would phrase it. On the AI 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:36.557 side, and I've written publicly about this, it 00:07:36.640 --> 00:07:40.877 sure looks to me like China's pursuing a different strategy than the US. The US 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:43.357 is, and I'm very excited about this, 00:07:43.440 --> 00:07:45.517 working toward general intelligence. If 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.557 you look at the planning gains and the 00:07:48.640 --> 00:07:51.837 incredible look at whether it's the 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:56.157 latest 2.5 Gemini um OpenAI's 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.277 successor to 03, it just goes on and on. 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.037 Look at the coding capabilities of 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.917 Claude. Um it it's unbelievable what 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.557 they're doing that and and by the way 00:08:06.640 --> 00:08:11.197 that's at huge cost, right? Hundreds of billions of dollars of capital. You know 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:14.957 the story about we're running out of electricity. We need God knows I 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:17.357 testified in Congress 92 gawatt more 00:08:17.440 --> 00:08:19.197 power. An average nuclear power plant is 00:08:19.280 --> 00:08:23.277 1.5 gawatt. You see the problem. China 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:27.117 has all the power that it needs. It's built the infrastructure by the way 00:08:27.200 --> 00:08:31.437 using solar largely. Um and they have all the power they need. They don't have 00:08:31.520 --> 00:08:33.837 the chips because of chips resorts. And 00:08:33.920 --> 00:08:36.077 they're also don't have the depth of the 00:08:36.160 --> 00:08:39.597 financial markets to fund $50 billion 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:44.477 worth of hardware. At least today. It looks to me like because of all of those 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:47.837 factors, they're going to focus on consumer products and enterprise 00:08:47.920 --> 00:08:50.477 applications for the rest of the world. 00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:54.317 I don't think that America will allow those things in. There's a pretty good 00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:56.397 chance that Chinese software is going to 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.437 power the majority of the world's, you 00:08:59.520 --> 00:09:02.397 know, um human interfaces with computers 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:04.797 and business interfaces. Uh that's of 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:06.957 concern. I think it's very important 00:09:07.040 --> 00:09:09.917 that US technology dominate all of the 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:14.157 spaces. I want America to win and I think we need to win in all of those. I 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:18.717 think we're not spending enough time on the more mundane stuff. We're spending 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:22.557 as we're spending a good amount of time on the exciting stuff which is great. We 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:25.117 need to spend more time on the mundane stuff as well. 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:27.917 >> Economically, Eric sees a split. The US 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.317 leads in cutting edge, very expensive models. China leads in scaled, cheap 00:09:32.400 --> 00:09:36.317 hardware and may capture massive global market share in day-to-day AI 00:09:36.400 --> 00:09:38.717 applications. But what about Chinese 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:42.557 military AI? Um there's no hint at all. 00:09:42.640 --> 00:09:46.317 Um the people I was with were not military. The Chinese military does not 00:09:46.400 --> 00:09:49.517 welcome me to chat with them. Um I 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.917 always when I visit a Chinese company, I 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:56.637 always believe because of civil military fusion. I'm in one building and I always 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.757 believe in my mind that there's another building next door which I'm not allowed 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:01.197 into where they do all the military 00:10:01.280 --> 00:10:04.797 work. So remember in their model the the 00:10:04.880 --> 00:10:07.517 companies the the national champions do 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.917 both military and and civil stuff together presumably in different 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.997 buildings with different classification. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:18.797 So you have to assume that every product that I see which includes by the way the 00:10:18.880 --> 00:10:22.637 robotic stuff there's a military division as well. I did not see them. 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:26.957 >> So it's shrouded in secrecy which is understandable cuz yeah it's a state 00:10:27.040 --> 00:10:31.357 military secret. But Eric also assumed that civilian AI and robotics advances 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.677 in China are tightly coupled to military programs, even if that part is kept 00:10:35.760 --> 00:10:39.997 hidden. Unfortunately, the US is not keeping up in this future of warfare. 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:44.717 Here's why. Well, the the US is at the moment well 00:10:44.800 --> 00:10:46.717 behind in the areas that I'm speaking 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:49.757 about. Um, the Secretary of Defense has 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:52.397 issued a very important and positive 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:55.677 order to get organized around drones. 00:10:55.760 --> 00:10:58.877 The US spends I think it's a trillion 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.277 dollars a year roughly in military 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:03.197 national security spending. It's it's on 00:11:03.280 --> 00:11:06.317 that order. Um so there's plenty of 00:11:06.400 --> 00:11:10.637 money in the system. One way to understand the US military is 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:13.277 and thank God we're at peace is it's 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.117 sort of a large it's sort of a jobs 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.477 subsidy program for existing industries. 00:11:18.560 --> 00:11:21.837 If we're really at war, which hopefully 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:26.077 never will occur, if we're really at war, I think you would see our military 00:11:26.160 --> 00:11:28.717 change very, very quickly, we have 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:31.837 plenty of US companies that understand 00:11:31.920 --> 00:11:36.317 what I'm talking about, many of which are in the room, and they have trouble 00:11:36.400 --> 00:11:41.517 getting big contracts because that's not how the primes work. The US military 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.637 does not have very good software capabilities compared to their hardware 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:47.357 capabilities. The procurement systems 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.077 are not organized around these. So 00:11:50.160 --> 00:11:52.717 again, if it were possible, I would 00:11:52.800 --> 00:11:56.397 accelerate this transition to offset X, 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:59.437 autonomy, and drones. I see no reason 00:11:59.520 --> 00:12:03.037 why America should give an inch. Um I 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.077 want us to uh the phrase is we bow to no 00:12:06.160 --> 00:12:09.117 one, right? America's dominance in the 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.357 world is very important to American 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.397 exceptionalism, to American economy, to 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:18.797 freedom. I think America is committed to fighting against tyranny. That's why we 00:12:18.880 --> 00:12:21.037 fought in World War II. I'm a strong 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.597 supporter of all of this. I worry that 00:12:23.680 --> 00:12:26.397 we're still spending 99.9% 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:28.637 of the money on stuff that's not very 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.597 important. Um, another example for the 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:34.237 last 15 years that I've worked on this, 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:37.437 when you have a person with a rifle in 00:12:37.520 --> 00:12:40.637 in the enemy, they typically use a 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.877 missile from a jet to to kill that 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:45.357 person. That's that doesn't make any 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.397 sense. Um, in the initial war in 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:49.997 Ukraine, 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:52.477 before the Ukrainians had what they have 00:12:52.560 --> 00:12:56.557 now, they would use milliondoll U S300, 00:12:56.640 --> 00:12:59.117 S400 missiles to shoot down shaheds, 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.917 which cost about $27,000 at a time. 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:06.637 Again, the math doesn't work. It's really important in this new world to 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:11.037 have defensive systems, which are, by the way, dual use, that you can 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.357 massroduce at scale. What I'd like to 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.397 see in America is a commitment to large 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.037 manufacturing capabilities in the United 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:23.757 States with stockpiled parts. I I was talking to some of my general friends 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:27.597 and they pointed out that in a China conflict, which again we hope will never 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:31.757 occur, we're going to also want to have those kinds of factories in the 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.317 Philippines, Japan, Korea, you know, our 00:13:34.400 --> 00:13:36.397 allies as well because of the tyranny of 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.797 distance, which makes sense to me. It's 00:13:38.880 --> 00:13:42.477 a it's a complete rethink of this 00:13:42.560 --> 00:13:46.317 Well, you know, our military, these these are real heroes. I I I love 00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:50.877 working with them and they have a doctrine of fight tonight. They have 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.717 enormous courage, much greater courage 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:56.477 than I do. We do not have the tools and 00:13:56.560 --> 00:13:58.397 the systems 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.437 that they need. We are failing our 00:14:01.520 --> 00:14:05.597 leaders uh people in this room. Part of the reason we're having this meeting is 00:14:05.680 --> 00:14:07.597 because collectively I think we all kind 00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:10.477 of agree with this in philosophy. 00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:13.197 And so America's strength is innovation. 00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:17.437 So why are we not u applying the same principles of innovation that are in the 00:14:17.520 --> 00:14:21.837 consumer sector to the military? And it's because of the procurement systems. 00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:23.597 Right? The average time to weapon system 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:27.037 is something like 17 years now. Right? 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.997 By then the thing is is obsolete. Um I 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:34.157 can't remember which of the jets it is but it has some it has like a pennium 4 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.557 processor in it. It's still programming. 00:14:36.640 --> 00:14:41.597 When I was uh flying, when I was in the Pentagon, I discovered a burrow 6600 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:46.237 deep in the bow of someone where people were afraid to turn off. Like the 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.997 programmers who wrote that are literally 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:51.277 dead, right? So, come on, guys. We can 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:56.237 do better than this. And so, this part of the conversation, part of what you're 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:00.077 trying to do, Gene, is to to get everyone to talk about this. Um, it 00:15:00.160 --> 00:15:02.717 seems to me that the way America changes 00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:05.597 is either from a crisis, which we do not 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:07.917 want because it's war, or because we 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.757 collectively agree that we want to win 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:12.717 in a new space. And for all of you, 00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:15.277 there's enormous revenue here. Now, you 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:19.277 have this explosion in um fantastic 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:23.837 startups and I want them to I want them to get through the valley of the death. 00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:26.557 I want the government to have a way of working with them. I want them to know 00:15:26.640 --> 00:15:28.797 who to call. The thought experiment that 00:15:28.880 --> 00:15:32.237 I used to give is let's imagine that I 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:33.997 collect all the venture capitalists in 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:37.597 the Bay Area in a room for a military 00:15:37.680 --> 00:15:40.397 procurement venture conversation. Who 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:42.957 from the government is going to come and 00:15:43.040 --> 00:15:45.757 present to them and what is he or she 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.717 going to say? Right? If you can't answer 00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:51.597 that question, right, then you're not 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:56.557 going to win. Now, our venture capital community loves to talk to CEOs and they 00:15:56.640 --> 00:16:00.717 imagine who the customer are, but this is a single source customer, right? For 00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:04.717 good reason, by the way. We don't want separate militaries. The the military 00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:07.277 has got to learn how to work with us. 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.517 And of course, they're very law-abiding. 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:13.117 The laws have to change to allow for this. And I'm excited for that to occur. 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:16.237 I'd like it to occur during my lifetime. 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.317 To me, it's almost like China and the US 00:16:18.400 --> 00:16:23.277 are in an AI race similar to the Cold War arms race. Except this time, instead 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.957 of the US duping the Soviets into spending themselves into oblivion, 00:16:27.040 --> 00:16:31.117 developing a tech that won't actually benefit their population while severely 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:35.677 neglecting their infrastructure, cost of living and corruption, China is the one 00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:39.597 pulling these moves on the US. Seems to me like China just read the playbook on 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:43.277 how the last challenger to world hegemony was overcome and is turning it 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:45.437 on the current hegeimon. But you know, 00:16:45.520 --> 00:16:52.480 the future is always hard to tell. So stay tuned and thanks for watching.