The US is locked in a high-stakes race with China to develop artificial intelligence technology and can’t afford to slow down, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla said. He added that efforts to moderate the rate of progress, such as the hiatus in research advocated by leaders including Elon Musk, are misguided or even self-motivated. 

China has an advantage in moving technology forward because it “can take many more risks, make many more errors,” the founder of Khosla Ventures said in a meeting with Bloomberg News on Wednesday. “We shouldn’t take for granted we will lead in AI technology 20 years from now.”