Just read an interesting #AI article.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/12/1132811/whats-next-for-chinese-open-source-ai/

"Necessity is the mother of invention" the saying goes. Maybe we should reflect on the many nuanced meanings of necessity, it doesn't just mean that there is a need, necessity can suggest reduced resources (penury, poorness), and it is this kind of necessity that drove the PC revolution in the 80s.

It looks like the lack of necessity for the US tech concerns is causing a serious lack of innovation. They claim to be at the cutting edge, but with endless financial resources there seems no true pressure to innovate.

The Chinese are working from a "do more with less" position and combined with their investment in academia it seems to be paying off.

Restrictions on tech exports to #China is, I'd guess, likely only to increase innovation there.

Interesting times.