[vslira]

It’s a good thing that Chinese companies have zero expertise in leveraging consumer demand for lower-end tech to develop know-how and catch up with the state of the art from Western-aligned companies and then economies of scale to surpass them in distribution.

[christophilus]

Exactly. That's where this is heading, and the West-- as usual-- is pursuing quarterly profits and forgetting to look up.

[GolfPopper]

>pursuing quarterly profits and forgetting to look up

"Forgetting to look up" implies a desire or intent to do so. The United States - former leader of the collective West - made the choice decades ago to sacrifice everything on the altar of quarterly profits. All that remains are the consequences of that decision.

[mr_toad]

> West-- as usual-- is pursuing quarterly profits and forgetting to look up.

The companies building out vast data centers for AI aren’t looking to make profits for several years (if ever), and are catching a lot of flak for it. The shareholders who seem to be focused on short-term profits and punish them every time they get cold feet. Oracle is a prime example of this.

I don’t know if the markets in Asia work differently, or if the investors there are just as fickle.

[tokioyoyo]

To be very fair, Chinese companies are also pursing quarterly profits. They're just better at scaling things up and down very fast because of immense supply chain options.

[echelon]

Is anyone here calling legislators about it to inform them of this?

Does anyone here have leverage to affect strategy?

[wslh]

They learn really fast. I will not take the past as a prediction of the future.

[solid_fuel]

I took the previous comment as satire, considering that - for example - Chinese electric vehicles are now far more affordable than anything produced domestically in the US.

[Loughla]

When it comes to China and its ability to quickly mass produce items while incrementally improving on them, I absolutely will view the past as an indicator of the future.

It's just what they do as a nation.

[quitit]

Which then goes on to be repurposed into weapons of war.

Something to think about if considering the purchase of a DJI drone.

[Alex2037]

the attack drones being used in Ukraine are not DJI anymore. both sides produce extremely cheap, light, disposable drones en masse.

also, consider that a $50 smartphone can drive an ICBM.