Selain itu, investasi pemerintah sangat besar. Tiongkok akan menginvestasikan jumlah yang besar. Sekitar $98 miliar untuk sektor AI. Investasi ini pada tahun 2025. (Techwire Asia, 2025).
Meskipun demikian, ada pandangan skeptis ahli. Salah satunya Profesor Jinghan Zeng dari Lancaster. (Lancaster University; Wiley Online Library, 2021).Â
Zeng berpendapat tentang pendekatan "top-down". Pendekatan ini didukung penuh oleh negara. Ini mungkin bisa mengurangi inovasi murni. Ia juga mempertanyakan investasi AI Tiongkok. Apakah bisa menghasilkan produk laku global. (Academia.edu, 2020).Â
Pertanyaan ini memang sangatlah relevan. Karena kesuksesan model seperti DeepSeek. Kesuksesan di pasar domestik belum cukup. Itu belum menjamin sukses panggung dunia.
Masa depan AI Tiongkok masih belum pasti. Mereka memiliki ambisi dan sumber daya. Mereka juga punya strategi yang kuat. (Future of Life Institute; Atlas Institute).Â
Namun, mereka juga menghadapi tantangan besar. Termasuk sanksi juga ketegangan politik. Serta pertanyaan tentang inovasi yang dihasilkan. (Sustainability Times).Â
Akankah mereka menjadi pemimpin inovasi sejati? Atau hanya pemain pengejar ketertinggalan? Hanya waktu yang bisa akan menjawabnya.
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