Look at this text from the New York Times, where the writer contrasts how the Chinese have incorporated AI into the manufacturing process while the Americans have not:
Around the world, modern manufacturing no longer resembles the mid-20th-century factory floor. Robotics, automation and A.I. now make it possible to produce more with fewer human workers, though those who remain are more skilled and better paid. Unlike China, America has failed to reckon with this reality and organize manufacturing in ways that turn its own technological strengths into comparable gains.
Washington talks about A.I. as if it lives in research labs, venture capital portfolios and data centers. China treats it as factory work. Today, A.I. is embedded into China’s efforts to accelerate automation — guiding machines, scheduling work and detecting problems in real time
Is it interesting? Let’s really drive the point home, using the extended metaphor of comparing AI to a houseguest:
The Americans view AI as a scarcely tolerable, eccentric houseguest, best kept happy by noodling in labs and data centers, safely away from the factory floor. The Chinese embrace the guest heartily, recognizing it as a fellow worker, welcome on the factory floor.
Which one resonates more with you?
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