China's Coal Sets the Stage for AI Dominance

The competition between the United States and China regarding Artificial Intelligence is real and China is steadily eroding the initial gap. China has already taken the research lead in AI and the US is steadily losing talent to the PRC. Daniel Hook, CEO at Digital Science, found that China is now ahead in the development of large language models with an AI talent pool that dwarfs its rivals – 30,000 active AI researchers and a massive graduate student and postdoctoral population. China dominates AI-related patents – filing data show China is outpacing the US tenfold on key indicators. The PRC is the top global AI collaborator with other nations, making China central to international research networks. This latter point is crucial for the future. As Jeffrey Wu, Director at Mindworks, has stated: “The next era of AI leadership won’t be decided by whose models are best – it will be decided by whose models are everywhere”

There is widespread recognition that progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) will determine a large part of a nation’s future. RAND Corporation projects countries will see their power rise or fall depending on how they manage the development of AI. CONTINUE READING ....