cross-posted from: https://futurology.today/post/5555646
If you tend towards conspiracy theory-type thinking, you might wonder if the Chinese government is directing its AI sector to use open-source AI to undermine US AI efforts. If they aren’t, is it just a coincidence that this is what is happening?
Two things seem inevitable to me if the trend of Chinese open-source AI equalling Western efforts keeps up. A) - It will eventually bankrupt the Western AI companies and their investors, as the hundreds of billions poured into them will never be realized in profits. B) The 21st century will be built on Chinese AI, as it will be what most of the world uses.
The former seems more dramatic in the short term, but the latter is what will be more significant in the long term.
Moonshot AI just released Kimi K2: China is not so behind in Agentic AI either it would seem.
The Chinese government is more hands on with businesses than the US. Like, they even put members of the government onto the company’s board.
That’s the sort of behavior that makes me suspect that a lot of Chinese businesses are intentionally operating at a loss at the direction of the CCP to undercut international business.
American politicians do similar things, but it’s more about corruption rewarding companies who support politicians. China is doing it much more pointedly and deliberately. That’s why they’re seeing such good results lately.
They’re also making electric cars that undercut the competition by about 20k in price. Of course they’re running a loss on purpose.