AI race?

I don't believe that there is only one way to build an intelligent system* and that it will be ideal for all applications/specialties. So I don't think that there is a race that will have a single "winner." In discussing "space races" I have noted issues that I have with "crash programs".**

Also, the first way that is discovered that is capable of doing something is frequently not the way that will prove best in the long run. An example would be DC electric power distribution being replaced by AC.

Is all this hype*** needed to fund AI research? It's diverting resources away from other equally important AI work.

* or one architecture or one set of hardware

** See my blog of 21 October 2024.  

*** lies