Recently, I started reading AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee, which convincingly introduces the hyper-capitalistic and ruthless Chinese business world as a deterministic ingredient to achieve AI supremacy. In contrast, this article has provided me with a much higher level of understanding by comprehensively and meticulously presenting a holistic perspective of the AI superpower race.
AI Superpowers was written in 2019 - ages ago in AI research. IMO, it's outdated, except insofar as it correctly points out that the only countries that can be reasonably expected to be at the cutting edge of AI are the US and China.
To what extent could most of China's AI successes be hidden from view on purpose, in the hope they are underrated as a potential AI superpower - which might give them the freedom to be more successful in their aims? Achieving an AI superpower under the radar?
I think prestige motivations cut against this. I'd be quite surprised if China had kept a bunch of AI successes under the wraps, rather than flexing them for the world to see.
Recently, I started reading AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee, which convincingly introduces the hyper-capitalistic and ruthless Chinese business world as a deterministic ingredient to achieve AI supremacy. In contrast, this article has provided me with a much higher level of understanding by comprehensively and meticulously presenting a holistic perspective of the AI superpower race.
AI Superpowers was written in 2019 - ages ago in AI research. IMO, it's outdated, except insofar as it correctly points out that the only countries that can be reasonably expected to be at the cutting edge of AI are the US and China.
To what extent could most of China's AI successes be hidden from view on purpose, in the hope they are underrated as a potential AI superpower - which might give them the freedom to be more successful in their aims? Achieving an AI superpower under the radar?
I think prestige motivations cut against this. I'd be quite surprised if China had kept a bunch of AI successes under the wraps, rather than flexing them for the world to see.
Good point!