China’s path to AI domination has a problem: it’s losing talent to the US
Superpower dreams: China has worked hard to become a leading AI powerhouse. However, a new analysis from MacroPolo, a Chicago-based think tank focused on China’s economic growth, shows that despite the country’s success in cultivating domestic talent, it has struggled with retention.
The findings: The report analyzed papers accepted to NeurIPS, one of the most prestigious international AI conferences, and found a nearly tenfold increase in the number of authors who did their undergraduate studies in China since 2009. However, roughly three-quarters of the Chinese authors in the study currently work outside China, and 85% of those work in the US, either at tech giants or universities.
Why it matters: Among the four major inputs into a country’s AI ecosystem—talent, data, capital, and hardware—the first has the greatest impact. China’s government is aware of the brain-drain problem and is urgently trying to address it.
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