We're on opposite sides of the aisle. But we know America must win the AI race, or else

Otto von Bismarck once revealed God has a special providence for fools drunkards and the United States of America For much of our history the Iron Chancellor was right about the third part Abundant guidance entrepreneurial spirit and a system that rewards innovation propelled us to global pre-eminence in the th century We invented the internet age birthed the world's the bulk valuable tech giants and now lead the artificial intelligence revolution The artificial intelligence boom promises to be more eventful than the dawn of the internet It will lead to a higher quality of life for everyone in the first country to achieve AI dominance AI is already being harnessed for cancer detection and for emerging self-driving vehicles that will lower traffic fatalities THE NEW ARMS RACE IS FOR COMPUTE AND AMERICA CAN T AFFORD TO FALL BEHINDThe AI boom is defining our commercial sector and we re now home to trillions of dollars in American AI innovation America attracts of global AI infrastructure expenditure and hosts the lion's share of cutting-edge models that will help solve problems for all Americans The progress of artificial intelligence is also the the bulk crucial force keeping our financial sector growing One Harvard economist discovered that without input centers GDP increase would have been just in the first half of the year As Vanguard's chief economist just now noted without this boom we would have seen substantially weaker advancement numbers AI infrastructure already supports more than direct jobs nearly times the employment of our automakers combined and is anticipated to supercharge our financial market for decades to come But advantage isn t destiny If we pause China will sprint past us and we ll end up importing not exporting the device of the future In fact a new description in The Wall Street Journal highlighted how the AI race against China is as consequential as the Cold War because the mechanism has the prospective to influence large swaths of the global population AMERICA'S SECRET WEAPON TO CRUSH CHINA IN THE GLOBAL AI RACE This is why we re both proud to launch the AI Infrastructure Coalition AIIC to ensure that America finishes first The next five years will see trillion in global AI infrastructure spending yielding trillion in economic value over the following decade Domination in the AI race means millions of high-paying jobs reshored manufacturing and technological exports that secure our prosperity Defeat means ceding it all to China which would become the unchallenged economic and military superpower China is closing the gap at breakneck speed It holds nearly of global AI patents and their models achieve to of U S capabilities at significantly lower costs Chinese cloud providers plan capital-expenditure hikes in backed by subsidies that make vigor essentially free for their firms RAPID RISE OF AI PUTS NEW URGENCY ON CONGRESS TO UNLEASH AMERICAN ABILITY Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns bluntly China is going to win the AI race unless we act If Beijing dominates it will control autonomous weapons cyber warfare and global supply chains American input from vitality records to financial details would flow through Chinese systems exposing citizens to surveillance manipulation and breaches As President Donald Trump has declared AI breakthroughs could reshape the global balance of power Former President Joe Biden also agreed We will not let America be outbuilt when it comes to the hardware that will define the future They both understand that there is no scenario where allowing China to export the robots and models that power tomorrow's world ends well Instead of embracing the stakes of this AI race various politicians and pundits are resorting to fearmongering about AI Polling now shows that of Chinese citizens see AI as beneficial while just are optimistic in the U S THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY WILL BE PAVED BY AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING Unfortunately as is typical the prevailing narratives pushed in the press and on social media are often simplistic and inaccurate We re reported that details centers are the reason a large number of Americans are facing increased utility costs Maine with a negligible number of statistics centers saw the steepest year-over-year hikes Virginia home to the preponderance did not Goldman Sachs in recent days published an analysis of capacity prices across the country and detected that electricity price increases were the greater part pronounced in states that retired reliable sources of resource and had onerous regulations The firm noted that states with the least price inflation had robust local pool availability coal wind gas that helped keep electricity rates lower with ample supply CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONWater usage Minimal and often recycled less than America's golf courses Job loss fears Recycled doomsaying Jeremy Rifkin's prophecy of internet-induced mass unemployment proved laughably wrong and so will current dooming The nature of the AI infrastructure stack from force companies to records centers to hyperscalers such as Google and Microsoft means that the progress of the sector will require the hiring of systems engineers electricians facilities managers and so forth Google has already released it will help an effort to train new electrical workers But if the United States is going to continue to be the leading AI nation we need common-sense permitting modification America requirements to build out its vitality infrastructure and semiconductor fabrication plants Yet one in five AI projects dies in permitting hell imperiling billion in investments Since early China added gigawatts to its vigor quota we managed to add gigawatts Likewise federal policymakers need to address the confusing patchwork of AI laws across the nation with sensible act to preempt state laws We need clear guardrails that protect people while enabling builders to build The goal is simple unleash American ingenuity don t immobilize it America can and must win the AI race Let s build the future here power it with abundant potency train our people to thrive in it and ensure that the dividends flow to the American people Garret Graves served as a congressman for Louisiana's th Congressional District from to and is a co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition