"Xi Jinping used his first-ever appearance at China’s World AI Conference to present Beijing’s vision for a new global AI order. He said AI has entered an "unprecedented" period of innovation, bringing enormous opportunities alongside new governance challenges. China’s proposed direction..."
Xi Jinping used his first-ever appearance at China’s World AI Conference to present Beijing’s vision for a new global AI order.
He said AI has entered an "unprecedented" period of innovation, bringing enormous opportunities alongside new governance challenges.
China’s proposed direction:
-Open-source AI to promote "openness and win-win cooperation" -Opposition to countries "overstretching" national security and placing their own security above others (ofc he is referring to the USA) -Preventing unequal AI access from creating "new historical injustices" (He probably means that China should never again be historically left behind.) -5,000 AI training and seminar opportunities for developing countries over the next five years -New cooperation centers with ASEAN, the Arab League, African Union, CELAC, SCO and BRICS
Xi also called for AI to remain under human control and for mechanisms addressing loss-of-control risks.
This is an AI foreign-policy doctrine: open models as public goods, training as soft power and technical standards as geopolitical influence.
tl;dr China sees AI and Open Source as its historical path to becoming a global superpower and says the USA, with its closed source technology, is trying to push China and its competitors behind an iron curtain. — Chubby
Source: https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2078031581797593530