Topology of "China AI" - by afra - Concurrent
On circles, misconceptions, deep infrastructure, founder archetypes, state's role, memes, AGI. A conversation about the topology of China’s AI world for you.
Topology of "China AI" On circles, misconceptions, deep infrastructure, founder archetypes, state's role, memes, AGI. A conversation about the topology of China’s AI world for you. afra Sep 11, 2025 122 21 30 Share H is an AI engineer at one of China's largest tech companies, leading an open-source project. A few weeks ago, I met him in Shenzhen during a self-organized " China AI/tech tour " with several US tech writers. 1 After peppering him with questions—the most obvious one being "What's Silicon Valley's biggest misunderstanding about China's AI?"—I discovered someone so thoughtful and gen
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