peter beinart offers his perspective in a new book. and here on gps. also, artificial intelligence was atop the headlines again this week as a chinese company announced a stunning development. i'll talk to linkedin co-founder reid hoffman about the news and about how a.i. can actually improve all our lives. but first, here's my take. is this a sputnik moment? the world has reacted with astonishment to the release of a chinese a.i. model from deep seek, which appears to be able to perform as well in some cases better than chatgpt and other cutting edge models put out by u.s. companies. americans had assumed that their massive lead in funding, access to high quality chips and innovation would keep them well ahead. that assumption now looks like hubris. the episode does raise big questions in some ways much bigger than the ones raised by sputnik. sputnik. after all, was about the soviet government's space program versus that of the u.s. government. few thought that the soviet economy was, in general, more technologically advanced than america's. but deep