With the rise of artificial intelligence and generative AI chatbots produced by American tech giants like Google and OpenAI, it seems that the best minds in the field of AI are coming from the United States. But new research from MacroPolo shows that in many ways, China is ahead of the United States.
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According to MacroPolo research, China is the world’s largest source of AI talent, with 50% of the planet’s top AI researchers based in the country. In comparison, in the United States there are about 18% of these specialists.
At the same time, in American AI companies, a good part of the jobs are occupied by Chinese specialists. Researchers from China now represent 38% of the total number of leading AI researchers at US companies (Americans make up 37% of the workforce in this field). Three years earlier the figures were 27% and 37% respectively.
“The data shows how important Chinese-born researchers are to the competitiveness of artificial intelligence in the United States,” said Matt Sheehan, a leading expert at the Carnegie Endowment.
The New York Times writes that so many talented specialists in the field of AI have been trained in China because it has invested a lot in the development of educational programs in this direction. Since 2018, more than 2,000 new degrees in AI have appeared in the country, more than 300 of them in the most prestigious universities.
“Many programs are dedicated to the application of AI in industry and manufacturing, and not just generative artificial intelligence, which currently dominates American industry,” says Damien Ma, CEO of MacroPolo.
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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