[podcast] Sihao Huang and China-AI

Sihao Huang on the risk that US–China AI competition leads to war

See full transcript and reading list. (offline)

• AI systems in China are getting closer to worldclass in LLMs, but already top on image recognition etc

• How AI is already used in China for surveillance and authoritarian control.

• The current state of AI regulation in China — and whether it signals a real commitment to safety or just more information control.

• US’s export controls is hurting LLM development, but ironically forcing Chinese to come up with more efficient algorithms.

Note that China is behind on the most advanced semiconductors, but ahead on standard semiconductors.