China's CAS five-year plan makes AI for Science a top priority: robots vs compute race
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-07
Teortaxes flags Kyle Chan's observation that AI for Science gets a dedicated chapter as a top priority in the new Five-Year Plan for the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- China can make robots — more than the rest of the world combined
- Citing reporting on autonomous wet labs: lacking deep-pocketed VCs, Chinese firms are pushed to quickly commercialize and integrate into industrial supply chains
- His framing: a fascinating metascience experiment — Americans flood research with compute, while China spams robots alongside lab assistants to produce more real-world data. Which route is faster remains to be seen.
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