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I thought it was interesting conceptually even if light on details. In the west, most application for AI has been in the realm for content generation like making images, documents, writing code. Meanwhile, in China AI systems are used for stuff like monitoring traffic systems, maintaining high speed rail networks, and other types of dynamic systems management. I haven't really heard much about AI being applied in this way in western countries, and it seems like a far more practical use to me.
Flock, Palantir, and all of the use of AI for invasive surveillance? You hadn't heard of those?
sure, there is that