Germany's Chancellor won't allow China and the US to lead in technology, hahaha
October 30th news: German Chancellor Merkel launched Germany's high-tech agenda in Berlin, emphasizing that Europe must not let the US and China alone decide the future of technology.
This statement is made with a serious tone, but it just makes people want to laugh out loud.
Germany, a country that has been completely left behind by China and the US in almost all high-end fields such as chips, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology, dares to boldly say such words, which can only be said to be worthy of Europe.
Merkel's speech was full of anxiety. He admitted that Germany's innovation capability has long failed to be fully utilized, and its ability to convert research into practical applications is insufficient, even failing to produce anything remarkable in artificial intelligence. Therefore, he began to raise slogans that sound exciting, such as technological sovereignty, a new industrial strategy, and reviewing and restricting EU regulatory systems.
Therefore, this high-tech agenda launch seems more like a collective psychological comfort. Merkel emphasized that by setting six key technological development goals, resources should be concentrated on artificial intelligence, quantum technology, nuclear fusion, etc.—but the problem is that German companies lack computing power and money, and German trade unions constantly oppose automation and technological layoffs. Under these conditions, talking about technological sovereignty is not much different from vowing to become the world boxing champion in a community fitness corner.
In the end, this speech reveals not a technical strategy, but a typical European-style habitual fantasy: hoping to regain the future that China and the US have created through funds, computing power, industrial chains, and ecosystems, just by rules, consensus, meetings, letters, and coordination.
And the German chancellor's statement that we cannot let China and the US monopolize the future of technology sounds more like a passenger running behind the train, chasing and shouting: don't let them go!
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1847388886236228/
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