America's A.I. Is Futuristic. China Is Just Making It Work

"Most Chinese policymakers don’t believe A.I. superintelligence is arriving any time soon. Instead, the Chinese strategy is about advancing a government-directed strategy referred to as “A.I.+” that treats A.I. as if it were infrastructure."

If this is accurate, Chinese policymakers may be making the more realistic bet. Much of the U.S. discussion is organized around frontier models, AGI, and superintelligence, but building policy around speculative timelines risks turning wishful thinking into national strategy.

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