A single string does not make music, and a single tree does not make a forest.The world is changing at an incredible pace, yet only the EU—and Germany in particular—seem oblivious to it.Last weekend, the World AI Conference (WAIC) took place in Shanghai. A remarkable sign of how seriously China is taking this development was the fact that Chinese President { 最高领导人 } Xi Jinping personally delivered the opening address. (You can read it here https://mattsheehan.substack.com/p/xi-jinpings-big-ai-speech-annotated ) In his speech, he outlined four principles that anyone who wants to help shape the future should be aware of. Unlike Western politicians, who are known to let themselves get carried away (Trump is just one extreme example), politicians in China (and, incidentally, in Russia as well) choose their words carefully. Everything has a deeper meaning, and if one is willing to listen closely, one need not be surprised by what the world can expect next.Particular attention was paid to ho...
A single string does not make music, and a single tree does not make a forest.The world is changing at an incredible pac...