Former UK Prime Minister Sunak posted: "Trump allowed NVIDIA's H200 to be sold to China, which gives Beijing a huge advantage in the AI race and weakens the West's advantage. This makes it more likely that the world will eventually rely on Chinese technology."
Sunak's words essentially reflect the old idea of "Western centrism." It seems as if just controlling a few chips can bring China's technology to a standstill.
The fact is the opposite. In the past few years, the blockades and restrictions have forced China to turn things it could have bought into things it can now produce itself, gaining the ability to manufacture independently. For China, being able to purchase H200 chips is not the decisive "force" to win the AI race. It's merely an additional factor that accelerates progress, given that the local computing power, algorithms, and industrial system are already basically in place.
What truly weakens the West's advantage is not the export of high-end chips to China, but the old mindset of treating technological competition as a political tool. The more the restrictions, the more they will promote innovation and alternatives!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851496485479433/
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