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Just guessing based on the authors’ names and their affiliation with Alibaba Group, but I think this research was published by exclusively Chinese citizens. In

Just guessing based on the authors’ names and their affiliation with Alibaba Group, but I think this research was published by exclusively Chinese citizens. In my experience, it’s difficult to operate a small, personal website from within China because of their regulations in regards to non-government websites. Because of this, you will often find that Chinese citizens will use approved (or at least unrestricted) services like GitHub pages. Having worked closely with many businesses based in China due to my hobbies, I have noted that services like Google Docs and Drive are favored for this reason. I would guess there are ways to host content like this more easily on platforms that are only accessible within China or are not navigable without the user understanding Chinese language. I would also guess that this is part of the reason why services that target customers in China tend to become “super apps” that combine several services that non-Chinese users would expect to find on disparate sites. For example, services may combine a social media style newsfeed/interaction API, banking, email, shopping, and food delivery into a single platform.

nprateem 3y ago
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- raincole 3y ago
  The GP is a quite informed and informative comment. Honestly, randomly saying "AI-generated" under others' comments is a much more bot-like behavior.
- octagons 3y ago
  Nope, but I can see why you’d think that. Honestly, I wanted to choose my words carefully because of the often politically charged tone that can often be interpreted/intended when uttering the word “China.” I studied Chinese language, art, history, politics, and culture in university and lived in Shanghai after graduating. While I lived there, I helped some friends setup some domains for hosted GMail/e-commerce and learned some interesting things about business there. I also spend some of my spare time finding vulnerabilities in hardware devices and building my own small electronics/maker projects. This has given me ample opportunities to work with (i.e. get help from or provide feedback to) many different companies based in China.
  - nprateem 3y ago
    Nothing to do with China. It seemed to follow the structured tone of chatgpt. This is why attempts to identify AI content through analysis are doomed.

nprateem 3y ago

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raincole 3y ago
The GP is a quite informed and informative comment. Honestly, randomly saying "AI-generated" under others' comments is a much more bot-like behavior.
octagons 3y ago
Nope, but I can see why you’d think that. Honestly, I wanted to choose my words carefully because of the often politically charged tone that can often be interpreted/intended when uttering the word “China.” I studied Chinese language, art, history, politics, and culture in university and lived in Shanghai after graduating. While I lived there, I helped some friends setup some domains for hosted GMail/e-commerce and learned some interesting things about business there. I also spend some of my spare time finding vulnerabilities in hardware devices and building my own small electronics/maker projects. This has given me ample opportunities to work with (i.e. get help from or provide feedback to) many different companies based in China.
- nprateem 3y ago
  Nothing to do with China. It seemed to follow the structured tone of chatgpt. This is why attempts to identify AI content through analysis are doomed.