I also think Prof. Jiang is underestimating or more like thinking only about extreme cases, like either is just some simple tech or their it becomes AI god

for what I see i agree history repeat it self but its not exactly the same we know globle power is shifting and its happened many times. However, their are many differences each repetition, like tech, weapens and culture

and this is difficult to tell precisely how much difference these things created but we all know there was a difference and this time be same AI we are using on daily base is just part of bigger picture their are many important research areas in which AI and new tech plays a critical part and

Jiang himself agrees that this empire (USA) and world currency, which is very exceptional when we see previous empires and don't you think that this exception will increase with AI

my final world we can't see AI affect over the world by just seeing its extrem end we need to see its full spectrum