What’s the State of AI Today?

I have a friend who is always playing up the chip-making capabilities of China. I smile and nod but in reality, China is still a couple of years behind the USA for logic chips and even more when it comes to memory chips. China lags in the lithographic techniques, as much as five generations if some sources are to believed. The Middle Kingdom will not sit still however, and global manufacturers had better keep moving forward or China will eventually catch up. China is currently beating both Japan and the US in patent filings. China's ultimate goal is to achieve semiconductor self-sufficiency in all aspects of the industry. Back in 2015, the nation set a goal to be 70% self-sufficient in semiconductors by 2025. According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, it will get to 30% by that year but will need an additional copy trillion of investment to make it all the way.