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.
  • @[email protected]English
    14•4 months ago

    Regardless of whether you like AI or not, it’s seems silly to pretend there’s no talent required for building these projects.

    Of course there are talented people in the sector.

    • OptionalEnglish
      -3•4 months 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.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•4 months 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.