CSET’s Helen Toner shared her expert perspective in an article published by NBC News. The article examines Alibaba’s public embrace of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI), challenging the common perception that China focuses only on practical AI applications while the U.S. pursues frontier AI research.
Addressing this misconception, Toner explained, “There’s been some commentary in Western media recently about how the U.S. is missing the point by pushing for AGI, while China is focusing solely on applications. This is wrong.” She added, “Some Chinese researchers and some parts of the Chinese government have been interested in AGI and superintelligence for a long time.”
There’s been some commentary in Western media recently about how the U.S. is missing the point by pushing for AGI, while China is focusing solely on applications. This is wrong. Some Chinese researchers and some parts of the Chinese government have been interested in AGI and superintelligence for a long time.CSET Interim Executive Director, Helen Toner
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