financial kayfabe is all you need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OL4GiBPHLI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260831-china-tries-to-kickstart-a-bubble-in-humanoid-robots - podcast
time: 8 min 10 sec
China tries to kickstart a bubble in humanoid robots
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/31/china-tries-to-kickstart-a-bubble-in-humanoid-robots/
3 Comments
BioMan@awful.systems · 6 pts · 13d
I really do wonder how much of the whole we must beat china narrative is being stoked by the Chinese powers-that-be finding a super cheap way to sabotage American finance and industry. Pushing their own local minibubble by comparison to what we are up to would just be a cheap cost of 'doing business'.
fnix@awful.systems · 3 pts · 13d
It seems the Chinese government is quite sincere in its 'sci-tech' ambitions, which include AI. Though there doesn't seem to be the same levels of sci-fi fantasism as in Silicon Valley, just a more practical focus on seizing the high-tech global frontier and supertuning its surveillance-capitalist model.
BioMan@awful.systems · 2 pts · 13d
True! Still, you have to admit it's quite the opportunity to exploit silicon valley sfi-fi fanatacism into a whole series of own goals.