DeepSeek’s rise shows why China’s top AI talent is skipping Silicon Valley
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Young Chinese engineers focus on homegrown innovation, drawn by fewer visa hurdles and the chance to build a future on their own terms.

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1527018

  • DeepSeek has recruited recent graduates and interns from China’s top universities.
  • Facing visa hurdles and high living expenses, more of China’s AI researchers are choosing opportunities at home rather than abroad.
  • U.S. chip restrictions have forced Chinese companies to accelerate innovation.
  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    you mean programmers? Sure.

    I see a lot of slop about companies preparing an “AI strategy”. It’s insanity.

    Here’s the “AI strategy” - stay the fuck away from it for the forseeable future.

    Unless you’re a data science organization (in which case, it’s just ML), or you just want to make a super-simple “who’s on first” lookup chat bot, forget it. Nothing. Works.

    • chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      It works fine for 90% of your use cases…the exotic stuff will need real engineers though, the script kiddies aren’t powering through some of those problems.