The US’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) self-feeding frenzy is still…frenzy-ing.

Except everything about it seems fake.

The US’s Large Language Model (LLM) version of AI seems to be (at least) years away from the promises being made to feed the frenzy.

Which can be seen as a partially good thing – since no one has any idea what to do with the hundreds of millions of humans they tell us US AI will un-employ.

It also looks like China’s Open Source AI is kicking the US version’s keister.  It’s at least getting to even on effectiveness.  And China AI is up-to-85% cheaper than US AI.

China AI is open.  Which means you can much more easily change and evolve it to meet your ongoing needs.  It’s a much more symbiotic relationship between AI and your business.

US AI’s LLM is a closed system.  Your business must contort itself to the US AI you choose.  We thus end up slaves to their system.  Your business has, de facto, become a subsidiary of your US AI.

And then there’s the prospective US AI investment bubble. (more…)