Sacks: China’s Biggest AI Advantage Over America Is Optimism

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Did you see the robot Olympics, Saks?

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>> I did see it, yeah.

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>> This is pretty crazy. The CCP is

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brilliant at PR. Look what they did.

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They got a bunch of Chinese people to

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fill a stadium and cheer for AI and

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robotics. They're cheering for it.

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They're rooting for it.

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>> It is true that China is much more

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optimistic about AI than we are. AI

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optimism in China is over 80%, meaning

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they pull on the question, do you think

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AI will be more beneficial than harmful?

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Over 80% of Chinese people say yes. In

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the US, that number is in like 30%.

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>> Mhm.

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>> So, I've been saying for a while that

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the US is ahead of China in every

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category except one, which is optimism.

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And that is the biggest risk to us

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winning this AI race against China is

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doing something that will shoot

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ourselves in the foot because we're so

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pessimistic about what AI might do.

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The discussion highlights the stark contrast in public perception of AI between China and the United States, noting that China's overwhelming optimism, as seen at their 'robot Olympics', poses a strategic risk to the US in the global AI race due to American pessimism.