Sovereign AI: The Quest For Independence and The "Holy Trinity"

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker · Feb 26, 2026 · 32m · transcript

(0:00) Open

(1:00) Chips & Power

(5:42) Data Lakes

(7:56) N+1 Sovereign Redundancy?

(13:17) Cultural Homogenization

(17:17) The Concorde Fallacy

(21:11) Quorums

(24:44) What About The Humans?

(27:35) cj’s recommendation: Martin Molin’s Wintergatan

(30:03) Jeff’s Recommendation: I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not (2025)

Sovereign AI, now a $100 billion global necessity, is viewed as the 21st-century power grid. Nations are rapidly shifting from "AI takers" to "AI makers" to protect their data, culture, and critical infrastructure control. The core concept is radical: a nation must own and control…