Very likely. If someone is more interested in the current state of AI on a national level a very good book is AI Superpowers by Kai Fu Lee.
Data is the new Oil and USA is still clinging to the old oil while China has AI as number 1 priority.
Data is the new Oil and USA is still clinging to the old oil while China has AI as number 1 priority.
If just data collection would be enough then all crime should have been eradicated in the US by how much data NSA has.
Is the same true of China, or will China have to rely on its homegrown cadre of scientists? Granted, there might be a lot of talent in a population of 1,4 billion.
Science is about truth. Dictatorships are about appealing to the dear leader. That's why China will never catch up to free and open countries.