graph LR
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classDef talent fill:#f9d4f9,font-weight:bold,font-size:14px
classDef risk fill:#d4f9f9,font-weight:bold,font-size:14px
Main[Global AI Governance Race]
Main --> P1[China drops 13-point
AI plan after Trump 1]
P1 -.-> G1[Policy]
Main --> P2[Beijing multilateral
vs Washington us-first 2]
P2 -.-> G1
Main --> P3[Open code shared
data Global-South 3]
P3 -.-> G1
Main --> P4[Poetic text from
dictatorship panel 4]
P4 -.-> G2[China]
Main --> P5[China 3 6 TW
dwarfs US 1 3 TW 5]
P5 -.-> G3[Energy]
Main --> P6[Quantum memory 100x
faster in labs 6]
P6 -.-> G2
Main --> P7[Europe grid needs
nuclear solar 7]
P7 -.-> G4[Europe]
Main --> P8[Fusion thorium solar
bets for AGI 8]
P8 -.-> G3
Main --> P9[Spanish data locked
ALIA trains on BOE 9]
P9 -.-> G4
Main --> P10[China leads 6G
quantum internet 10]
P10 -.-> G2
Main --> P11[DeepSeek R2 delayed
to fool rivals 11]
P11 -.-> G2
Main --> P12[30-50 % US
AI talent Chinese-born 12]
P12 -.-> G5[Talent]
Main --> P13[€40 M EU
AI vs migrant minors 13]
P13 -.-> G4
Main --> P14[China robots dominate
global factories 14]
P14 -.-> G2
Main --> P15[Africa roads-for-minerals
China offer 15]
P15 -.-> G2
Main --> P16[BRICS balances dollar
hegemony 16]
P16 -.-> G2
Main --> P17[Trump tariffs cut
EU margins 17]
P17 -.-> G1
Main --> P18[Kissinger 1970s diplomacy
empowered rival 18]
P18 -.-> G1
Main --> P19[Philadelphia power spikes
17 % AI load 19]
P19 -.-> G3
Main --> P20[China courts EU
with inclusivity 20]
P20 -.-> G2
Main --> P21[GDPR AI Act
to be thrashed 21]
P21 -.-> G4
Main --> P22[€200 k tax
data request 22]
P22 -.-> G4
Main --> P23[Smart-city millions zero
citizen apps 23]
P23 -.-> G4
Main --> P24[€40 B missing
no trace Spain 24]
P24 -.-> G4
Main --> P25[Swiss salaries attract
Spanish dont 25]
P25 -.-> G5
Main --> P26[Open hardware erodes
US software leverage 26]
P26 -.-> G1
Main --> P27[Memory breakthroughs threaten
ASML monopoly 27]
P27 -.-> G2
Main --> P28[US mulls nationalising
AI firms 28]
P28 -.-> G1
Main --> P29[€200 k fines
kill EU start-ups 29]
P29 -.-> G4
Main --> P30[Meritocracy elevates engineers
not cronies 30]
P30 -.-> G2
Main --> P31[Welfare narratives sink
middle class 31]
P31 -.-> G4
Main --> P32[Youth depression up
1200 % Spain 32]
P32 -.-> G6[Risk]
Main --> P33[Last generation with
cognitive freedom 33]
P33 -.-> G6
Main --> P34[Spain bridge to
LatAm via language 34]
P34 -.-> G4
Main --> P35[Huawei chip surprise
turns perception 35]
P35 -.-> G2
Main --> P36[Hyperion center new
pyramid of power 36]
P36 -.-> G1
Main --> P37[Colossus 200 k
GPUs scaling millions 37]
P37 -.-> G3
Main --> P38[Stargate $500 bn
since Oppenheimer 38]
P38 -.-> G1
Main --> P39[Larry Page building
god with AI 39]
P39 -.-> G6
Main --> P40[Innovate faster than
control Baxter 40]
P40 -.-> G6
Main --> P41[AI-plus embeds AI
in all industries 41]
P41 -.-> G2
Main --> P42[Li Qiang offers
AI to non-aligned 42]
P42 -.-> G2
Main --> P43[Von der Leyen
poor-europe pact 43]
P43 -.-> G4
Main --> P44[OTAN keeps Europe
subordinate not deter 44]
P44 -.-> G1
Main --> P45[US tells EU
de-regulate or dismantle 45]
P45 -.-> G1
Main --> P46[Thorium reactors safer
cheaper baseload 46]
P46 -.-> G3
Main --> P47[2 GW drop
caused Spain blackout 47]
P47 -.-> G4
Main --> P48[42 % gas
mix price vulnerable 48]
P48 -.-> G3
Main --> P49[Helion targets 5-10
years for AGI 49]
P49 -.-> G3
Main --> P50[Long-view culture vs
quarterly capitalism 50]
P50 -.-> G2
Main --> P51[Agenda 2030 vs
Trump nationalists 51]
P51 -.-> G1
Main --> P52[Social credit mirrors
Western HR analytics 52]
P52 -.-> G2
Main --> P53[EU universities duplicate
not share 53]
P53 -.-> G4
Main --> P54[State-led vs
big-tech-led innovation 54]
P54 -.-> G1
Main --> P55[No sovereign cloud
relies on US 55]
P55 -.-> G4
Main --> P56[€20 Chinese panels
kill €300 EU 56]
P56 -.-> G4
Main --> P57[US rail subsidised
yet free-market 57]
P57 -.-> G1
Main --> P58[3 M Spanish
engineers emigrate 58]
P58 -.-> G5
Main --> P59[Visas block Chilean
talent Europe 59]
P59 -.-> G5
Main --> P60[China cliff in
20 years later 60]
P60 -.-> G2
Main --> P61[India next rival
after China 61]
P61 -.-> G2
Main --> P62[NVIDIA ban spurs
domestic GPUs 62]
P62 -.-> G2
Main --> P63[Open source missiles
vs US capital 63]
P63 -.-> G2
Main --> P64[Trillion AI valuations
tulip bubble 64]
P64 -.-> G6
Main --> P65[Parliament wants open
yet funds proprietary 65]
P65 -.-> G4
Main --> P66[2-nm chips without
ASML EUV 66]
P66 -.-> G2
Main --> P67[US families pay
AI energy bills 67]
P67 -.-> G3
Main --> P68[Gateway recycles loans
devalue euro 68]
P68 -.-> G4
Main --> P69[China sells harmony
omits dictatorship 69]
P69 -.-> G2
Main --> P70[US sells freedom
omits empire 70]
P70 -.-> G1
Main --> P71[Spain sells assets
to foreign bidders 71]
P71 -.-> G4
Main --> P72[State-planning plus
global market 72]
P72 -.-> G2
Main --> P73[Neo-colonial capitalism
innovation clusters 73]
P73 -.-> G1
Main --> P74[Over-regulated debt
farm Europe 74]
P74 -.-> G4
Main --> P75[China invites EU
to split Atlantic 75]
P75 -.-> G2
Main --> P76[Wine tariffs force
7 % margin hit 76]
P76 -.-> G1
Main --> P77[Roads ports mines
lock Africa resources 77]
P77 -.-> G2
Main --> P78[Migration leaves ageing
tax shortfalls 78]
P78 -.-> G4
Main --> P79[Multiparty governance
yet sovereignty 79]
P79 -.-> G2
Main --> P80[Frames China existential
threat bans 80]
P80 -.-> G1
Main --> P81[Regions duplicate smart-city
waste EU funds 81]
P81 -.-> G4
Main --> P82[Thorium solar bet
before ASI 82]
P82 -.-> G3
Main --> P83[Europe choose vassalage
rebellion irrelevance 83]
P83 -.-> G4
G1 --> P1
G1 --> P2
G1 --> P17
G1 --> P26
G1 --> P28
G1 --> P36
G1 --> P38
G1 --> P44
G1 --> P45
G1 --> P51
G1 --> P54
G1 --> P57
G1 --> P70
G1 --> P73
G1 --> P76
G1 --> P80
G2 --> P4
G2 --> P5
G2 --> P6
G2 --> P10
G2 --> P11
G2 --> P14
G2 --> P15
G2 --> P16
G2 --> P20
G2 --> P27
G2 --> P30
G2 --> P35
G2 --> P41
G2 --> P42
G2 --> P50
G2 --> P52
G2 --> P60
G2 --> P61
G2 --> P62
G2 --> P63
G2 --> P66
G2 --> P69
G2 --> P72
G2 --> P75
G2 --> P77
G2 --> P79
G3 --> P5
G3 --> P8
G3 --> P19
G3 --> P37
G3 --> P46
G3 --> P48
G3 --> P49
G3 --> P67
G3 --> P82
G4 --> P7
G4 --> P9
G4 --> P13
G4 --> P21
G4 --> P22
G4 --> P23
G4 --> P24
G4 --> P29
G4 --> P31
G4 --> P34
G4 --> P43
G4 --> P47
G4 --> P53
G4 --> P55
G4 --> P56
G4 --> P65
G4 --> P68
G4 --> P71
G4 --> P74
G4 --> P78
G4 --> P81
G4 --> P83
G5 --> P12
G5 --> P25
G5 --> P58
G5 --> P59
G6 --> P32
G6 --> P33
G6 --> P39
G6 --> P40
G6 --> P64
class P1,P2,P17,P26,P28,P36,P38,P44,P45,P51,P54,P57,P70,P73,P76,P80 policy
class P4,P5,P6,P10,P11,P14,P15,P16,P20,P27,P30,P35,P41,P42,P50,P52,P60,P61,P62,P63,P66,P69,P72,P75,P77,P79 china
class P8,P19,P37,P46,P48,P49,P67,P82 energy
class P7,P9,P13,P21,P22,P23,P24,P29,P31,P34,P43,P47,P53,P55,P56,P65,P68,P71,P74,P78,P81,P83 europe
class P12,P25,P58,P59 talent
class P32,P33,P39,P40,P64 risk
Resume:
The round-table opens with host Domenech welcoming four repeat guests: data-driven marketer Álvaro Gonzalo, psychologist-turned-AI-competence researcher Inés Farfán, public-sector big-data veteran José, and SME advisor Aquilino García-Martos. After joking about Max Tegmark’s earlier “traumatic” visit, Domenech frames the episode as a sequel to the previous discussion of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan. The focus now shifts to Beijing’s swift, 13-point rebuttal released at the 2025 World AI Conference. The panel’s mission is to dissect that document paragraph-by-paragraph, gauge whether China has already overtaken the United States in the race toward super-intelligence, and explore what Europe, Spain and Latin America can still do.
Across two and a half hours the conversation oscillates between granular textual analysis and sweeping geopolitical prophecy. The Chinese text is praised for its inclusive, multilateral rhetoric—open code, shared data, Global-South capacity building, UN Digital Compact alignment—but derided as “pure poetry” from a surveillance state. José insists that whoever controls open-source models will own the Global South; Inés warns that authoritarian sweet-talk exploits European regulatory vanity; Aquilino argues that Europe is already a de-facto vassal, doomed by energy shortages, demographic decline and 40-million-euro innovation crumbs. Álvaro reminds the table that China’s installed electrical power (3.6 TW) dwarfs America’s (1.3 TW) and that Chinese labs are testing quantum memory 100× faster than anything in the West. The group agrees that fusion, solar and thorium reactors will decide who can feed the coming AGI/ASI data-centers, and that Europe’s grid is unprepared for gigawatt clusters.
Closing statements verge on the existential. Panelists concede that China is the “black horse” poised to win, yet they reject binary vassalage to either Beijing or Washington. Spain, they argue, could still craft a third way by leveraging language, culture and historical ties across Latin America, but only if it abandons victimhood, over-regulation and the “comfortable slavery” of universal basic income. Inés urges young Europeans to cultivate entrepreneurial skills and geographic mobility; Aquilino predicts the last generation capable of critical thought is alive today; José fears an algorithmic hive-mind will strip humanity of its “divine software.” Domenech ends by vowing to continue marathon conversations that keep the possibility of a European renaissance—however slim—alive.
Key Ideas:
1.- China released a 13-point Global AI Governance Plan days after Trump’s AI Action Plan.
2.- Beijing advocates multilateralism while Washington pushes an “us-first” ecosystem.
3.- The document pledges open code, shared data and Global-South capacity building.
4.- Panel calls the text “poetic” from a dictatorship that bans open dissent.
5.- China’s 3.6 TW installed power dwarfs US 1.3 TW, key for future data-centers.
6.- Quantum memory 100× faster than Western equivalents is already in Chinese labs.
7.- Europe’s grid cannot host gigawatt AI clusters without massive nuclear/solar build-out.
8.- Fusion, thorium and solar are crowned the three energy bets for AGI/ASI age.
9.- Spanish public data remains locked; ALIA model trained only on BOE gazette.
10.- Chinese labs lead in 6G, quantum internet and next-gen comms hardware.
11.- DeepSeek R2 launch delayed strategically to keep rivals guessing.
12.- US big-tech talent is 30-50 % Chinese-born engineers, a hidden dependency.
13.- Europe receives €40 M for AI while Spain spends equal sum on migrant minors.
14.- Chinese robotics dominance implies the world will buy Beijing’s factory bots.
15.- Africa is viewed as the decisive market where China offers roads-for-minerals.
16.- BRICS is seen as the only bloc capable of balancing US dollar hegemony.
17.- Trump’s tariffs force EU exporters to cut margins, accelerating de-industrialisation.
18.- Kissinger’s 1970s diplomacy is blamed for empowering today’s tech rival.
19.- US electricity prices in Philadelphia spike 17 % due to AI data-center load.
20.- Chinese governance model courts EU via inclusivity rhetoric despite Orwellian tools.
21.- European regulation (GDPR, AI Act) is predicted to be “thrashed” by US demands.
22.- Spanish Law of Transparency quoted at €200 k for a simple tax-data request.
23.- Smart-city projects absorbed millions yet yielded zero citizen-facing apps.
24.- Next-Generation EU funds are missing; no one can trace €40 B allocated to Spain.
25.- Swiss civil-service salaries attract talent; Spanish public tech salaries don’t.
26.- Open-source hardware could erode US software leverage in Africa and LatAm.
27.- Chinese memory breakthroughs threaten ASML’s monopoly on EUV lithography.
28.- US nationalisation talk of top AI firms signals end of free-market romance.
29.- European start-ups face €200 k fines for first regulatory mistake, stifling risk.
30.- Chinese meritocracy praised for elevating engineers over political cronies.
31.- European middle-class decline linked to over-protective welfare narratives.
32.- Youth depression hospitalisations in Spain rose 1 200 % in one year.
33.- Panel warns current generation may be last with cognitive freedom before algocracy.
34.- Spanish language and historical ties position Spain as LatAm bridge.
35.- Huawei chip surprise in 2024 marked turning point in Western perception.
36.- Meta’s Hyperion data-center in Manhattan cited as new “pyramid” of power.
37.- Colossus DXAI cluster already wields 200 k GPUs heading to millions.
38.- Stargate project earmarks $500 B, largest US scientific spend since Oppenheimer.
39.- Larry Page calls super-intelligence development “building a god.”
40.- Baxter’s quote: “We innovate faster than we learn to control” dominates debate.
41.- China’s AI-plus plan embeds AI in every vertical industry nationwide.
42.- Prime Minister Li Qiang offers Chinese AI to non-aligned countries.
43.- Von der Leyen-Trump deal labelled “poor-europe pact” by panel.
44.- OTAN described as tool for US to keep Europe subordinate, not to deter Russia.
45.- US urged Europe to de-regulate or face “dismantling” of AI complexity.
46.- China’s thorium reactor program could yield safer, cheaper baseload power.
47.- Spanish blackout risk cited: 2 GW drop already caused national outage.
48.- European energy mix still 42 % natural-gas, vulnerable to price spikes.
49.- US micro-fusion start-ups (Helion) target AGI-era 5-10 year horizon.
50.- Chinese long-view planning culture contrasts with US quarterly capitalism.
51.- Obama-era globalists backed Agenda 2030; Trump nationalists reject it.
52.- Chinese social-credit tools repel Europeans yet mirror Western HR analytics.
53.- European universities duplicate AI research instead of sharing open repositories.
54.- Public-sector innovation in China is state-led; in US it is big-tech-led.
55.- Europe lacks sovereign cloud, forcing dependence on US hyperscalers.
56.- Chinese panels cost €20 vs €300 European, killing domestic solar makers.
57.- US freight rail is state-subsidised yet called “free-market” by politicians.
58.- Spanish engineers emigrate; 3 M citizens left in recent years.
59.- European immigration barriers push qualified Chileans through costly visas.
60.- Chinese population will face demographic cliff in 20 years, later than Europe.
61.- India flagged as next potential Western rival after China’s rise.
62.- US prohibition on NVIDIA sales to China accelerated domestic GPU design.
63.- Chinese open-source releases viewed as “missiles” against US capital markets.
64.- Tulip-bubble analogy applied to trillion-dollar US AI equity valuations.
65.- European Parliament calls for code-open sovereign tech yet funds proprietary.
66.- Chinese 2-nm chips enter tape-out without ASML EUV machines.
67.- US families bear AI-energy cost via rising utility bills.
68.- Europe’s Global Gateway recycles loans to buy own services, devaluing euro.
69.- Chinese narrative omits “dictatorship” word, sells harmony and shared growth.
70.- US narrative omits “empire” word, sells freedom and individual success.
71.- Spanish political class accused of selling national assets to highest foreign bidder.
72.- Chinese economic model described as “state-planning + global market access.”
73.- US economic model labelled “neo-colonial capitalism with innovation clusters.”
74.- European model derided as “over-regulated debt farm” by panel.
75.- Chinese AI governance invites Europe to co-write standards, splitting trans-Atlantic ties.
76.- US threatens tariffs on Spanish wine, forcing producers to absorb 7 % margin hit.
77.- Chinese workforce in Africa builds roads, ports and mines, locking in raw materials.
78.- European workforce migrates, leaving ageing population and tax shortfalls.
79.- Chinese AI document invites multiparty governance yet insists on sovereignty.
80.- US AI document frames China as existential threat, justifying export bans.
81.- Spanish regional governments duplicate smart-city projects, wasting EU funds.
82.- Chinese thorium and solar bet aims at energy independence before ASI arrival.
83.- Panel concludes Europe must choose between vassalage, rebellion or irrelevance.
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