The product itself is questionable, but the tech soft power and innovation drive for domestic self sufficiency to cope with this new demand will benefit China in the long run.
But I hope the Chinese central govt isn’t banking on AI to solve their domestic economic model, we aren’t getting computer automated socialism anytime soon from this.
China seems long overdue to overtake the collective West in LLMs. They have societal support, industrial base and government planning to do so.
Nvidia corporation and government sanctions are really what’s preventing a full takeover (as well as capitalist mutual aid)
Just like Bitcoin mining in China, being able to waste resources more efficiently than the West is still waste.
The product itself is questionable, but the tech soft power and innovation drive for domestic self sufficiency to cope with this new demand will benefit China in the long run.
But I hope the Chinese central govt isn’t banking on AI to solve their domestic economic model, we aren’t getting computer automated socialism anytime soon from this.