China has made significant strides in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, narrowing the gap with the United States. Experts previously estimated that China's AI models were a decade behind those of the US at the start of 2023. However, recent developments have reduced this gap to a year or less. According to Kai-Fu Lee, China has gone from being 6-7 years behind to just 6-9 months behind in the last year. This rapid progress is attributed to substantial advancements made since 2022, with China now producing some of the best AI models in the world. Alexandr Wang highlighted that China, which once had a 'paper tiger' of AI contributions, has seen 'good growth' since 2022.
in the next 6-9 months, china will be 6-7 years ahead of the US in AI capabilities https://t.co/zDdZEgpDs3 https://t.co/rSsZDi6TLo
Kai-Fu Lee says China has dramatically caught up to the US in AI capabilities, going from 6-7 years behind to 6-9 months behind in the last year https://t.co/Xaz7yqJ5ze
Until recently, China had a dearth of large language models. At the start of 2023 experts reckoned the ones that did exist were a decade behind America’s. Now the same experts suggest that the gap has shrunk to a year or less https://t.co/Z5Qe2mtLBo 👇
I think the US-PRC AI gap is just the smallest it's ever been. China used to have a paper tiger of AI contributions, many years ago – theoretical papers, surveys, ambitious academic experiments, and frankly a lot of total bullshit. The bulk of "good growth" happened since 2022. https://t.co/XGfpF80MlL
Is China Really 2 Years Behind the US? 🇨🇳 “Two years ago they were probably more than 2 years behind. The past few months, they produced a model that is one of the best in the world. They have a clear shot at racing ahead of us.” @alexandr_wang 👇 https://t.co/putIaLguIS