China has eclipsed US in AI, robotics and VC funding

Re:China has eclipsed US in AI, robotics and VC funding by tormeh on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @06:45AM (#13121874)

Demography is destiny. Almost. You can fight it like India does, but China surpassing the US in absolute numbers (which numbers? All of them) was inevitable.

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Re:China has eclipsed US in AI, robotics and VC funding by devoply on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @06:47AM (#13121887)

“Let China sleep; when she wakes she will shake the world.”

- Napoleon

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Re:China has eclipsed US in AI, robotics and VC funding by stevendaniels on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @07:49AM (#13122137)

The West didn't listen. It poked the giant a lot. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many European countries initiated wars in China, carving it into foreign spheres of influence.

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Re:China has eclipsed US in AI, robotics and VC funding by douche on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @07:57AM (#13122170)

And became fabulously wealthy doing so. Part of the reason there was excess capital in England to fund the industrial revolution was because of the Canton trade.

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