[ExI] India and the periodic table

[Keith Henson]

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:16 PM BillK via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 at 19:40, Keith Henson via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > With China rejecting AI and India dumping evolution and the periodic
> > table, the Western world is looking relatively better.  At least I
> > don't know of any school that has tossed out the periodic table.
> >
> > Keith
> > _______________________________________________
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> I don't think China is rejecting AI.
> What they are rejecting is uncontrolled AI development.
> <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/01/chinas-xi-jinping-calls-for-greater-state-control-of-ai-to-counter-dangerous-storms>
> Quote:
> AI products will be required to reflect “core socialist values”, the
> draft law states, and must not “contain content on subversion of state
> power”.

At one time a few years ago AI projects were attracting considerable
investment from outside China.  These kinds of state involvement dried
up the funding.

It is not clear that what China has stated will be possible.  LLM AI
surprises everyone with how they can get around rules.

> Also,
> The nation has announced ambitious plans to become a global leader in
> AI by 2030. Consultancy group McKinsey estimates the sector could add
> about $600 billion every year to China's gross domestic product by
> then.

At the rate things are going, 2030 will be far too late.  For quite a
few years I thought China would outstrip the Western world.  Now I
suspect they will be left in the dust.

Should be better than India, but that's not saying much.

Keith

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