Study finds that China produced almost 50% of the world's top AI researchers, compared to ~18% from the US, thanks to China's heavy investment in AI education
China has produced a huge number of top A.I. engineers in recent years. New research shows that, by some measures, it has already eclipsed the United States.
@Techmeme In the UK, state education still doesn't even teach computer science until age 16, where it can be taken as an optional course in some schools.
In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent “The data shows just how critical Chinese-born researchers are to the United States for A.I. competitiveness,” said Matt Sheehan, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://www.nytimes.com/...
According to the @MacroPoloChina study that this piece cites, researchers from China comprised “38 percent of the top AI researchers working in the United States” in 2022, up from 27 percent in 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/...
China has by some metrics eclipsed the U.S. as the biggest producer of AI talent, with the country generating almost half of the world's top AI researchers, a new study shows. https://www.nytimes.com/...
When it comes to the AI that powers chatbots like ChatGPT, China lags behind the United States. But when it comes to producing the scientists behind a new generation of humanoid technologies, China is pulling ahead. https://www.nytimes.com/...