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The U.S.-China AI race, now freshly embraced by President Trump, is a competition in the dark with no clear prize or finish line, Axios' Scott Rosenberg writes.

• Why it matters: Similar "races" of the past — like the nuclear arms race and the space race — have fueled innovation, but victories haven't lasted long or meant much.

The big picture: Both Silicon Valley and the U.S. government now agree that we must invest untold billions to build supporting infrastructure for an error-prone, energy-hungry technology with an unproven business model and an unpredictable impact on the economy and jobs.