China’s massive AI rollout - podcast
TL;DR
Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins on China’s embrace of AI, from medical avatars to food delivery drones and state surveillance While the spread of AI has been met perhaps with a lot of scepticism in the west, China has fully embraced the technology, explains Amy Hawkins, from millions of users talking to AI doctors, to the use of intelligent robots in factories, and drones delivering food on the Great Wall of China. AI has also been eagerly taken up by the state, not least in the opportunities it provides for further surveillance, the Guardian’s senior China correspondent says.
Nauti's Take
For teams outside China, the useful question is which AI use cases only work when data access, hardware, and state approval are tightly centralized. The source describes broad adoption, but it offers limited hard evidence on quality, cost, and failure rates.
That is the first thing to verify before treating this as a template for other markets.
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