A decade ago, before the 2017-2022 transformer/LLM revolution, China was ahead in some AI subfields like computer vision and facial recognition. Top Western AI

A decade ago, before the 2017-2022 transformer/LLM revolution, China was ahead in some AI subfields like computer vision and facial recognition. Top Western AI researchers like Dario Amodei, founder and CEO of Anthropic, used to work for Chinese companies like Baidu a decade ago. Interestingly some of these people who used to work in the Chinese AI sector a decade ago, like Amodei, are now calling for GPU export restrictions against China. Either they know their moat against China is very limited or they witnessed some things in China that makes them uncomfortable with China getting ahead again in AI.