New York Times reported today: "When Washington talks about artificial intelligence, it seems to exist only in research laboratories, venture capital projects and data centers. China views artificial intelligence as a tangible production tool in factories. Today, artificial intelligence has been deeply integrated into China's accelerated automation process - used to guide machine operations, schedule production schedules, and identify issues in real time. China has built more than 30,000 smart factories. Over half of the new industrial robots installed globally in 2024 are in Chinese factories." Hong Kong investor and economist Stanley Ho's research found that in multiple industries from steel to shipbuilding, the output per worker in these factories now exceeds that of similar factories in the United States.
Comment: The AI in the US is still competing on concepts, models, and capital stories, while China's AI is already competing on production capacity, efficiency, and practical industrial upgrading. This means that future competition is no longer about who shouts out the concept first, but who can truly transform technology into national competitiveness and production advantages. In this regard, China has already taken the lead.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858195861068042/
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