Robin Hanson: China's AI+ Plan omits competition and the US, focusing on diffusion
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-18
Economist Robin Hanson observes that China's AI+ Plan never mentions competition, nor even America. Its focus is diffusion, standards-setting, and making AI a value-add for existing parts of the economy. Current policy involves decentralized benefit allocation by provinces and municipalities, support for an open-weight ecosystem, and a multiplicity of regional labs. Afinetheorem comments this shows the strength of Chinese industrial policy: many regions in a country larger than the developed world competing fiercely to build new industries.
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