DeepSeek engineer defends open-source AGI push despite higher safety risks
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-11-05
Speaking at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, DeepSeek engineer Gao Xi said the company remains committed to open-source AI to accelerate AGI, even if it heightens safety risks, pushing back on US safety concerns and Chinese scrutiny over national security risks. Key points:
- Gao framed the race as one against the clock, not against rivals: "If AGI is going to arrive in 10 years, I hope we can bring this forward to one year. If it is going to arrive in one year, I hope it can arrive tomorrow."
- Open-source development promotes shared innovation and technical breakthroughs, he argued.
- The remarks are a rare public statement from a DeepSeek representative, explicitly rejecting warnings that superhuman AI may escape human control.
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