Debate: if Chinese labs are so efficient, why do they always lag the frontier?
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-20
A thread debating whether Chinese AI labs have a distillation/efficiency edge. One side argues spending efficiency differs by country — citing California high-speed rail costing over $120B for under 800km versus roughly $15B in China — and that distillation claims need evidence, not presumption. kuza55 counters that China clearly builds high-speed rail far better than the US, yet if Chinese labs truly had such an efficiency advantage, they should lead the field rather than consistently lag the frontier.
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