This is a linkpost for https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3298281/cooperation-ai-safety-must-transcend-geopolitical-interference
Why does the linked article merit our attention?
It does not contain anything to justify the quote, which is the article's sub-headline. Journalists typically do not write their own headlines, but there is a near quote of the sub-headline in the body of the article. It is not elaborated on by the text around it.
It is written by a Chinese former politician in a Chinese-owned newspaper.
Whether or not LLMs contributed to the content, it is just as foggy and platitudinous as if one had written the entire thing. It expresses nothing but warm, content-free fuzziness towards the Chinese government in the context of AI.
Why does the linked article merit our attention?
?
It is written by a Chinese former politician in a Chinese-owned newspaper.
?
It is written by a Chinese former politician in a Chinese-owned newspaper.
No. Nothing but soft CCP-approved platitudes can be expected from such a person writing in such a venue. That is her job. China matters, but not everything that it says matters, unless to Pekingologists minutely examining the tea-leaves for insight into whatever is really going on in China.
What about my other two points?
... I don't agree, but would it at least be relevant that the "soft CCP-approved platitudes" are now AI-safetyist?
Amid a tech explosion, when we need to mobilise all our wisdom and energy for cooperation, some countries are trying to shut down collaborative platforms