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throwawayecchaion China may match or beat America in AI

Yes, thank you. Mea Culpa. I have updated my original comment to reflect that.

throwawayecchaion China may match or beat America in AI

Fair enough, but I have never ever seen a conference change it's title overnight, two days before the actual event, to such an extent.

Nefarious or not, it does seem a bait and switch - won't you agree.

I had signed up to attend, initially, now I'm not so sure.

throwawayecchaion China may match or beat America in AI

By fake I mean fronts for the Chinese Gov. There have been numerous reports in NYTimes and other reputable media on this topic, including many that have been posted here on HN.

Of course not all of them are such, but many are. Just look at the team behind many of these, team's credentials and experience, and in many cases their addresses and actual offices.

throwawayecchaion China may match or beat America in AI

Would love for the down voters to explain why.

throwawayecchaion China may match or beat America in AI

Chinese Government is all over the Silicon Valley these days trying to get into US AI developments, using all sorts of nefarious tricks.

A case in point. There is a conference, SYNC 2017, in Computer History Museum tomorrow (July 14th), organized by Pingwest, which itself seems like a Chinese Gov. front if you look at the team.

They have several good speakers, and some Chinese, Gov fronted, fake VC types.

Till 2 days ago, it was titled SYNC 2017 - Unbounded: Building Across Borders. Yesterday, it's title was changed to SYNC 2017 - US China AI Summit

It is pretty clear that if they had gone with the US China AI Summit in the beginning several of their speakers may not have agreed, but now it is too late for anyone to change mind.

Edited: To change from "Chinese" to "Chinese Gov." to clarify I'm referring to the Chinese Gov and not Chinese people