Both true: Chinese labs out-innovate the West in areas yet rely heavily on distillation
nitarshan · x · 2026-11-06
A widely shared take argues two things can be true at once: Chinese AI labs are full of brilliant researchers who have genuinely out-innovated Western labs in many areas, yet they also rely heavily on distillation from Western models and would be much further behind without it.
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