The U.S. Launches a Peace Corps for AI to Compete With China

Others also fear that the Tech Corps program may not catch on abroad. Meicen Sun, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MIT affiliate noted that China has accumulated a significant customer base in the emerging markets for more than a decade. Over time, this has helped them build up “local connections, business ties, and consumer trust.” Sun notes that these advantages are hard to quantify, but offer important advantages. “Much of it is social and political capital that doesn’t show up in the books," she told The Dispatch.

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