Mastodawn

So, one thing I'm wondering is why is China hopping in on the "AI" bullshit train anyway?

Are they just that prone to falling for grifts?

Is the spam/propaganda generation ability worth that much to them?

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LisPi 5d ago

Or is the "AI race" a complete fiction pushed by the USA and simply not happening?

(I cannot read Chinese so it's a bit hard to get answers at the source.)

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Cassandrich

@lispi314 The idea that "AI" can be used for anything prosocial is a scam, but it's very useful for simulating widescale popular agreement with hegemonic narratives (popularly known as "bots"). It's also good for policing people's behavior when you don't care if you make grossly unjust mistakes.

Jumping in with low-budget "AI" with outputs that look just as convincing as what US companies spent tens of billions of dollars building also serves a role of destabilizing/undermining these US company valuations. Which is probably good for them, but also good for us.