I have seen commentary floating around that the Trump administration is, to some extent, looking to build the Arab world into stronger allies for the US. The implication being that there was a possibility that they might fall into China’s sphere of influence.
I could see a ‘two birds one stone’ motive where in doing this the US not only gets to ‘friendshore’ some of its capacity without having to deal with NIMBYs, but also strengthens the alliance and keeps the Arab power players firmly in the US camp.
Finally, the U.S. government is promoting a U.S.-led global technology ecosystem within which AGI can be pursued. For example, the U.S. government recently supported Microsoft’s expansion into the United Arab Emirates to develop new data centers, in part to prevent Chinese companies from entrenching their position.
I have seen commentary floating around that the Trump administration is, to some extent, looking to build the Arab world into stronger allies for the US. The implication being that there was a possibility that they might fall into China’s sphere of influence.
I could see a ‘two birds one stone’ motive where in doing this the US not only gets to ‘friendshore’ some of its capacity without having to deal with NIMBYs, but also strengthens the alliance and keeps the Arab power players firmly in the US camp.
From RAND’s “Artificial General Intelligence’s Five Hard National Security Problems” :