# Compute Race **Entity class:** Strategic competition **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / science / political economy **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Compute Race** The compute race is the competition to accumulate chips, data-center capacity, model-training infrastructure, and the energy required to operate machine intelligence at scale. ## Mechanism and Consequence Because capability and deployment depend on material infrastructure, public arguments for deceleration must be evaluated alongside the actual compute purchases and construction programs of the institutions making them. ## Relationships - [[wiki/Compute Sovereignty|Compute Sovereignty]] - [[wiki/AI Infrastructure|AI Infrastructure]] - [[wiki/Energy-Compute Nexus|Energy-Compute Nexus]] - [[wiki/AI Superpower|AI Superpower]] ## Source Dossiers - [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] - [[research/Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon|Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon]] - [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "Nobody is building more compute today than the people asking to be slowed down. All of the other narratives deflect blame and make it sound like AI is so powerful: ‘I have no idea how to fix it. It’s not my fault. It’s just because the technology is so powerful.’" > **— Jensen Huang**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* [[reminders/AI-Tech Doomers/The Builders Asking to Slow AI Are Still Building the Most Compute by Jensen Huang|The Builders Asking to Slow AI Are Still Building the Most Compute by Jensen Huang]]