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> But does US really have more technological sophistication and will it make a difference?

The US dominates in one thing right now: computers, and software in particular. That includes AI's.

Whether that's enough to win a war is anybodies guess. It's like predicting the effect AI will have on the future of work. A few million slaughter bots that rest in the sun in the country side to recharge via their solar panels is a terrifying thought. For now it's science fiction, but if the USA found itself in a war long enough, it would become a reality. Musk's problems with the reliability of AI driven FSD would vanish, so possibly it's a reality coming sooner than you might think. But would any war China found itself in last that long, given their manufacturing capacity?

Lets hope we don't find out.



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