[rapsey]

China is in the forefront of drones, EVs, batteries, robotics and solar. It can't really be considered much behind the US on AI.

I think one day soon the US is going to get a rude awakening of being behind on tech. Probably once they come up with 4nm or less chips and that is likely not far off.

[tailfra]

Regarding the AI part, there are a lot of chinese open-source LLMs and VLMs out there, and they are really great!

[linotype]

Eventually they’ll run out of things to copy, then progress will slow. Ultimately it’s a net positive if you’re interested in technological progress to have more people working on these problems.

[rapsey]

All the areas I listed they are in the forefront and not copying anybody. You are living in the past if you think China is incapable of coming up with new tech. Their stem workforce dwarfes the US and their universities are just as good.

[linotype]

If you don’t think there is continuous industrial espionage happening you’re being naive.

For instance: https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/02/27/asml_china_data_s...

[rapsey]

And if you think everything is a copy from the west you are being naive.

[ThouYS]

3D printers, Bambulab is incredible!