But 95% of all problems are fairly banal, i.e. if the AI in my dish washer, fridge, radio, bicycle computer, etc. just have GPT 5.5 intelligence for making sure temperature, water, direction, etc. are 20% better controlled than yesterday it will be an enormous win for ordinary people (and the ressources we consume).

Are German manufacturers not subsidised? There are plenty of electrification grants, direct to manufactures and to consumers that end up improving sales for them

That argument doesn't hold much water in my opinion. VW AG is partially state-owned, with a double-digit percentage held by the federal state of Lower Saxony.

Meanwhile, in the US, companies like Boeing, GM, and Intel will never be allowed to experience more than minor financial inconvenience before the government bails them out with protectionism, guaranteed loans, and outright subsidies.

I don't see a material difference between how the Chinese government treats their strategically-important industries and the way we do here in the West. Terms like "socialism," "Communism," and "capitalism" are just fodder for Fox News camp-followers.

Maybe they're a Chinese AI car?