"Suppose you want to do one thing that would really kneecap a country that would really mean that in 20 years' time, that country is going to be behind instead of ahead," Hinton told Stewart when pressed on why he thinks the US will lose its AI advantage. "The one thing you should do is mess with the funding of basic science, attack the research universities, remove grants for basic science in the long run. That's a complete disaster."
To help with that transition, President Donald Trump has introduced potential chip tariffs and policies in recent months meant to bring more semiconductor manufacturing Stateside. In late August, The Trump administration took an unprecedented step toward that goal when it converted an existing government grant, meant for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, into a 10% equity stake in Intel. This deal was structured to grant the U.S. government additional equity in Intel if the company's ownership of its foundry business -