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China’s AI research is booming. Where is it headed?
Nature speaks to analysts and researchers about what it’s like to work in AI in China.
As his graduation from a top Chinese university approached earlier this year, computer scientist Lu Yi faced a tough choice. Should he move to the United States to pursue a PhD in artificial intelligence, as Chinese high-fliers have so often done before? Or should he stay in China?
The United States pays AI scientists higher salaries, has the best hardware and hosts the world’s most advanced AI laboratories. But “the gap is getting closer and closer”, says Lu, whose name has been changed because he was concerned about speaking publicly on what he saw as a sensitive issue.
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