Recently, the hottest topic in the global IT industry is generative artificial intelligence (AI), ‘ChatGPT’.
◇ Currently, the US dominates
: First of all, the United States is ahead. Open AI, the company that created ChatGPT, is an American company, and Microsoft (MS) and Google, which are leading the field, are all American companies.
In addition, the United States is far ahead in the ability to manufacture parts and equipment to drive ChatGPT. Nvidia is the company that developed the AI-specialized chip that drives ChatGPT. There is no other company in China that can compare to Nvidia.
In addition, as the US is waging a semiconductor war with China, it is expected that it will take a long time for China to achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductors.
Experts say, “China’s equipment and parts manufacturing capabilities are 10 to 15 years behind global leaders.”
As a result, right now, the United States is overwhelming China. However, China’s potential is also formidable.
◇ The world’s largest number of Internet users
: China has the world’s largest internet population, so data is vast, and technology companies boast tremendous speed, so it may one day overtake the United States, the British BBC diagnosed.
China currently has a population of about 1.4 billion. It ranks second in the world after India. However, the number of Internet users is greater than India. It is the world’s largest internet country.
Almost everyone already uses the super app ‘WeChat’ to solve everything. A wealth of data is being accumulated in this process. In other words, the data that can be used to improve AI is enormous. This is an unrivaled competitiveness that no country on earth can match.
◇ A national treasure trove of CCTV and video information
: Arguably, China’s lack of respect for individual privacy is also a huge advantage for data accumulation.
For example, there are CCTVs everywhere in China. The video data produced by this CCTV is a treasure trove of tremendous information. If this is applied to ChatGPT, China is expected to have tremendous competitiveness.
◇ Chinese companies are very fast
: Also, Chinese IT companies are very fast. Because internal competition is so fierce, if you fall behind in speed, you cannot survive.
Theft of intellectual property rights is acceptable for speed. It is an established theory in the industry that China is the fastest in the IT industry on the planet.
On these factors, China is likely to overtake the United States.
◇ The double-edged sword of the Communist Party’s one-party dictatorship
: However, there is a fatal weakness. It is the Communist Party’s interference. Even now, the CCP continues to censor the Internet.
ChatGPT will be the same. For example, could a Chinese chatbot answer sensitive questions about Xi Jinping?
Conversely, the CCP may invest heavily in generative AI to drive rapid development in this field.
The authoritarian dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party will be a double-edged sword in generative AI, the BBC predicted.
Source: Donga
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