{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zero Shot (Private)","title":"China built AI differently than the US. Can India do the same?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3127,"description":"\n\"People in Silicon Valley and in China often have assumptions about each other. And their assumptions about each other are extremely self-centered.\"\nOur guest today is Afra Wang,  a fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI and the writer behind Concurrent, a Substack that translates the tech culture of Silicon Valley and China from angels you wouldn’t typically expect. \nAfra understands both these tech ecosystems and is specific about what that self-centeredness looks like on both sides.\nChinese entrepreneurs assume the American government has a heavy hand in pushing AI infrastructure, for example, the way Beijing does. \nThis is just the tip of the iceberg of assumptions that both sides keep building on. \nInstead, in reality, there are specific ways in which AI development occurs in both places. Consider a leather factory in China using AI to scan cowhide in real time — it maps flaws, computes optimal cutting patterns, and eliminates waste. Silicon Valley has no equivalent because America doesn't have this sector. \nAfra sums it up: \"You cannot map everything from Silicon Valley to China. You cannot map a lot of things from China to Silicon Valley.\" \nSo, what’s similar and what’s different? What’s moving between these two competing systems? And what lessons does that have for India?\nTune in.\n____\nThis episode was produced by Vidhatri Rao and edited by Rajiv CN.\n___\nZeus, the mascot of Zero Shot, was generated using AI. Everything else is made by humans, just like all articles, columns, newsletters, and other podcasts created by The Ken.\nWrite to us at Zeroshot@the-ken.com. We are all ears!\n____\nAdditional Resources\nChina OS vs. America OS (2026 version)https://afraw.substack.com/p/china-os-vs-america-os-2026-version\n\nChinese Open Source: A Definitive Historyhttps://interconnected.blog/chinese-open-source-a-definitive-history/\nChinese Tech Workers Are Starting to Train Their AI Doubles–and Pushing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YTcRU8KZpp2mGI96ya9mIQRwY7kYM27GtERBjRl66gg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTQ0/NmZhMzM4NjA4ZjJl/ZTcwYmM2MTgzN2Jl/YTAyMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}