How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI. Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/08/03/how-china-gets-better-bang-for-its-buck-than-america-in-ai
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RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1h
The meat of the article is behind the paywall.
My theory is that
China has better integration between academia and industry - I'm mostly basing this off how in the US the academia is chronically underinvested so that the private sector can get it's plunder of smart graduates, but when it comes to AI development you actually need academic knowledge of intelligence otherwise you're just approaching it like an engineering problem
US companies are incentivized to spend more, the more broke they are the smarter they seem, so there isn't really any incentive to improve in smart ways because you can just rack up a bigger bill with your investors and keep the circular economy going.
Would love to know what the recipe says though.
kibblebits@quokk.au · 3 pts · 1h
My theory is the article is not accurate. China needs articles saying how cool China is.
kboos1@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2h
Being the pioneer means doing the heavy lifting and making mistakes. So makes sense, China can learn for others mistakes
kibblebits@quokk.au · 0 pts · 1h
China loves to steal tech.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 32m
Oh come on all of AI is built on stolen tech, you can't get mad at China for playing by the same rules as everyone else.
kibblebits@quokk.au · 2 pts · 31m
I’m not mad?
Miller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 26m
The problem with not doing the heavy lifting yourself and using derived technology and ideas is that in evolutionary terms you are not selecting for innovators. Down the road this approach becomes ingrained both philosophically and in reality as you let your own innovators wither on the vine.