If Chinese labs have an efficiency edge, why do they trail the frontier?
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-20
@kuza55 argues tradeable goods like B300s cost roughly the same in the US and China, and doubles down: if Chinese labs had a real efficiency advantage, why aren't they leading the field instead of consistently lagging the frontier? He previously suggested distillation is a credible explanation for frontier companies' much higher spend buying only a little lead time.
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