Palmer Luckey says America still leads China in advanced AI and military technology… but warns that China’s manufacturing power could overcome the U.S. advantage: “We’re ahead by a few years. But that’s it.” 🇺🇸🇨🇳 “The United States is ahead of China in a lot of advanced sensing technology and advanced AI. But don’t underestimate them. We’ve seen with DeepSeek that they’re doing very interesting things in AI. What I’m doing at Anduril is ahead of what China is doing in most ways by a few years. But that’s it. A few years. I hate to admit this, but I was part of the problem for a long time. I made millions of virtual reality headsets in China. That’s where we made Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and Oculus Quest. Millions and millions of those things. I know how good they are, not just at manufacturing, but at actual technology development. They understood exactly what we were doing. They knew how we were doing it. They were able to rip it off and do it with their own domestic companies. When we were developing cutting-edge technology, we were never more than a few months ahead of China. Anything we figured out, they could copy and figure out very quickly. I don’t think they have a culture that’s particularly good at leaping beyond what we’re doing. But you don’t have to leap beyond what we’re doing to be a threat to us. If they’re really good at manufacturing, have way more people, and technology that’s about as good as ours, that’s all you need to win.”