“ChinAI #233: A public comment on the U.S.’s investment curbs in Chinese AI firms” by Jeffrey Ding

Subtitle: Plus, Wudaokou Origins of China’s Large Models (Part 2).

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Reflections on U.S.'s investment curbs in Chinese AI firms

Regarding last week’s executive order that restricts new U.S. investment in subsets of the semiconductor, quantum, and AI fields, I will repeat what I wrote last fall during debates about the U.S.’s export ban on high-end chips to China:

When it comes to U.S.-China technology competition, the benefits of the “promote” plank will always outweigh the “protect” plank. And, when we reflect on moves like this one thirty years from now, there’s a decent chance that such “protect” actions were [...]

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First published:
August 14th, 2023

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-233-wudaokou-origins-of-chinas

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