Google: Chinese AI will surpass the United States as the core driver

Recently, Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt, chairman of Alphabet, said: “In the future core technology areas, Chinese AI technology is expected to surpass the United States and become the core driver.” In July of this year, the State Council released an artificial intelligence strategy that China's AI technology will lead the world in 2030. Schmidt also believes that China will soon achieve this goal, Chinese companies are more focused on artificial intelligence research and development, including technology giants Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent. Schmidt said: "China's AI technology will catch up with the United States in 2020, and it will surpass the United States in 2025. China's AI technology will lead the AI ​​industry in 2030." He also said, "Chinese people have great potential and they apply AI technology." Economic and military fields have formed various kinds of influence." Li Kaifu, former president of Google Greater China, also stated that “China is the largest single market in the world, so China has unlimited opportunities for any company.” He added, “Given that many Chinese are surfing the Internet, The data on the Internet can be used to upgrade products, especially AI-related products, and this market is lower than any other market.” After seeing the future potential of the Chinese market, Google decided to use AI as an entry point to return to the Chinese market seven years later. According to relevant sources, Google is actively promoting TensorFlow, a software that can reduce the cost of developing AI technology in China. However, things are not as simple as Google imagined. In terms of AI development kits, Google’s main competitor Baidu has surpassed Google TensorFlow with its proprietary PaddlePaddle, making it the best product among developers. Baidu's success on the one hand reflects the AI ​​researchers' understanding of local products on the one hand, and on the other shows that China's AI technology is already at the leading level in the world. At the global security summit held last week, Schmidt claimed that: "Ten years ago, the United States did not exist in the dominant AI field. Today, artificial intelligence technology in China is accelerating to catch up with the United States. There is a lack of technical input in the field of artificial intelligence in the United States. Caused a decline in military and commercial competitiveness."