Ginn: China Is Winning AI Because It Embraced Open Source
Aaron Ginn · Building GPUs Is Easier Than You Think | Aaron Ginn on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 22:54
Aaron Ginn explains how Western AI regulation and export controls inadvertently allow open-source Chinese models like DeepSeek to gain global adoption.
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“We won the internet because we were free and open. China's winning AI because it's free and open. Not because they care about that.”
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