The AI headlines are turning into the new fiat headlines:
“Canada’s first AI…”
“China races ahead in AI…”
“US falling behind in AI…”
It’s the same old state-vs-state scoreboard they’ve been running for decades.
Like AI is some Olympic event where countries compete for gold medals.
Meanwhile the truth is simple:
AI isn’t national.
AI isn’t patriotic.
AI isn’t owned.
It leaks through borders the way water ignores fences.
Tools spread faster than governments can regulate.
Talent rises from bedrooms, not boardrooms.
And every country trying to brag about “leading in AI” is basically saying:
“We want to centralize this before the public realizes they don’t need us.”
That’s why it’s funny — they still think it’s 1998 and technology reports to them.