PRC Elites Voice AI-Skepticism
2 days ago
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- #AI-skepticism
- #China-tech-policy
- Growing skepticism about AI within PRC media, policy, academic, and scientific circles.
- Concerns include lack of coordinated deployment, overhyped technology, labor displacement, and social risks.
- Provincial competition in AI development leads to duplicated efforts and wasted resources.
- Experts warn of overcapacity and inefficiencies similar to past industries like solar panels and EVs.
- Skepticism about large language models (LLMs) being overhyped and not yet ready as production tools.
- Challenges in integrating AI talent between academia and industry.
- AI-induced labor displacement could exacerbate unemployment and inequality.
- Doubts about AI's ability to drive short-term economic growth, with comparisons to the Solow Paradox.
- AI-related safety concerns, including existential risks from LLMs and data security threats.
- Need for stronger regulatory oversight and social safety nets to mitigate AI's disruptive effects.