Insider take: China's tech scene doesn't really care about AI safety
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-09-13
A poster quotes a friend in China's tech scene saying concerns like "pacing the frontier" aren't really a thing there. The commentator adds that EA-flavored doomerism is a specifically Western, millenarian meme species that won't translate or spread in China.
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