Alvin Wang Graylin, author of Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, worked both in China and the US on AI. In a discussion with Nathan B. Jones, his main argument is that both countries are not in an AI race, and the largest misconception is this wrong idea an arms race is developing. Nobody has won the electricity race; the same goes for AI, he argues.Read More →
Governments are increasingly investing in sovereign funds to steer their investments into AI, copying China’s strategy, says Winston Ma, investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor focused on the global AI economy, in The Innovator. Winston Ma wrote ten books on the digital economy, including The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace.Read More →
The march of industrial inspection robots is changing power, pipeline inspection, and hazardous site automation, writes innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok at her website. “China operates one of the world’s largest networks of power transmission assets, industrial facilities, municipal utility systems, and transportation infrastructure. Maintaining these assets requires frequent inspections under challenging operating conditions,” she writes.Read More →
AI innovation expert Alvin Wang Graylin explains why the AI fight between China and the US is wrongly seen as a zero-sum game. The struggle is wrongly perceived as a race to a finish line, but that line does not exist, he tells at Moonshots.Read More →
Robots and automation are taking over many industries in China. Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok dives into the restaurant industry, where the change for waiters has already been profound, she writes at ChozanRead More →
In the past, China purchased licenses to sell medicines from Western companies. But today, China sells its own medicines to the West. The previously attractive market has changed profoundly, says China lawyer Mark Schaub on the website of his law firm King&Wood. “For many international companies if the question is “How do we sell into China?” then they may be increasingly playing yesterday’s game,” he writesRead More →
AI and robots are taking over many industries in China. Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok sees how robots take over the country’s warehouses; she explains on her blog, Chozan. “This is a fundamental rewiring of how goods move through the world’s largest manufacturing and e-commerce economy,” she writes.Read More →
Western e-commerce companies have brought few new developments over the past decade, and only China offers new solutions we can learn from, argues Bjorn Ognibeni, co-founder of China Briefs at the E-Commerce Expo in Berlin. Learning from China is crucial for e-commerce in the West, he adds.Read More →
AI expert Alvin Wang Graylin explains how China’s open-source strategy developed, not as a big plan by the communist party, but because they were forced by US policies, he says on Facebook.Read More →
Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok dives into the successful innovation strategy that has allowed China technology giant Huawei to play the development game differently from its international competitors; she writes on her website, Chozan. “For business leaders trying to understand where China is headed, Huawei is not simply a telecom company to watch,” she writes.Read More →
AI expert Alvin Wang Graylin discusses the AI race between China and the US with James M. Lindsay at the Council of Foreign Relations. He explains why the current priorities for winning that race are fundamentally wrong.Read More →
Turning AI into a paid platform is a key criterion for China’s success, writes marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog, as video AI has become a major commercial success in setting up paid platforms. “Chinese video AI has become one of China’s clearest tests for artificial intelligence commercialization. The category is being judged by paid usage, creator demand, and platform placement,” she writes.Read More →