In some sense all commodities are "important for national security". Generic drugs are important for national security. Computer technology is important for national security. Im not sure what we arguing about. Im saying that AI is good thing to have like other commodity and it should net be one provider worth gazillion money.
replyOil and gas is the type of commodity I’d rather it be modeled on, if I had to choose. Something with a lot of competition but an understanding that negative actions can easily affect your bottom line regardless of whether you were the one who took them, so generally better to operate with cooperative competition on the whole.
reply> If that's what Mistral is aiming for, it would probably be better to give up now.
replyIf Mistral is aiming not to grow to infinity but instead to offer niche models at reasonable prices, should they give up now? I think I'm not sure what exactly you're saying.
How we got from competition to assuming subsidies is beyond me.
replyThere are a whole lot of commodity businesses that flourishes and that are profitable. It's true, that, yes, they will not have huge margins.
Grocery stores are like that - some of their suppliers might be subsidised but they are not, and many places they operate with typical margins in the 2% range. Discount supermarkets in the UK are operating on around 0.7% margins.
They are still huge, profitable businesses.
And they are examples of what happens when markets work.