AI supremacy: The artificial intelligence battle between China, USA and Europe | DW Documentary

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The race for supremacy in the age of artificial intelligence has begun. China, the USA and Europe are vying for the top spot. So are individual tech companies and start-ups. Who will determine which technologies will shape the future of humanity?

The documentary follows key figures from the tech industry, science and politics who are working on artificial intelligence around the globe. They are tasked with making far-reaching decisions within a very short space of time. How can the technology’s potential be harnessed, while preventing a science fiction dystopia? The potential benefits of the currently emerging super-infrastructure are as limitless as its existential dangers. The latter include disinformation and election manipulation, as well as new forms of warfare and surveillance.

The film focuses on three entrepreneurs whose start-ups are among the top players in the field of generative AI: Jonas Andrulis from Aleph Alpha (Germany), Thomas Wolf from the open-source platform Hugging Face (France) and Han Xiao from Jina.ai (China). Director Dominik Bretsch follows the three AI pioneers over the course of a year, from the spring of 2023, when the technology first became a mass phenomenon, to the turbulence surrounding OpenAI.

For the three of them, it's all about capital, influence and economic survival in a fast-paced and mercilessly competitive world that’s changing more rapidly than any other. China has set itself the goal of dominating the technology worldwide. The USA wants to prevent exactly that. And Europe - caught between the two competing superpowers - must find its own way: those who lose out now won’t get a second chance. The film provides insights behind the scenes in the tech world and introduces the people behind the technological revolution.

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All Comments (21)
  • @florencia5891
    Like it's said on Jurassic Park: “your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
  • @gawkthimm6030
    I do not fear AI, I fear authoritarian governments and unscrupulous corporations usage of AI's
  • @chrisschmid5212
    "facts don't care about your feelings" will prove to be more consequential than the guy realized
  • @liberty-matrix
    "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." - Prof. Al Bartlett
  • i consider my self lucky to be born in 1952 in a part of Tuscany where the farmers were still using cows to plow the land, i was fetching water at the public fountain cause no water pipe existed, and even now i'm still using wood to warm me up... good luck to the future generations
  • @CapAnson12345
    It's really more a fight between 3 or 4 US companies than different countries or regions.
  • @Aria-cd6dq
    This video is far more informative than any mainstream media like CNN, BBC, FOX, etc. 👍👍👍
  • @LuciFur-wz8rc
    This was very enlightening, just getting out there and following the people that matter is all anyone can ask for in journalism. It is the gold standard. Thank you.
  • @Tipifyoulike
    00:07 AI will be integral in everything we do in 5 years 03:09 Chinese AI companies influence global race with CCP's support 08:37 Alf Alpha focused on industry and public sector applications of AI. 11:05 Open AI released chat GPT-4, a powerful AI, posing a threat to other businesses. 16:24 Study Comparing Chat GPT and Bloom Chat 18:49 AI development raises ethical concerns 23:36 Concerns about large language models predicting public opinion and influencing elections 25:27 Regulation, public education, and elections are crucial for managing the impact of artificial intelligence. 30:21 Discussion on the emergence of AI ecosystems in different regions 32:40 Importance of continuous learning in AI development 37:15 China's dominance in AI poses geopolitical consequences 39:43 US companies enabling China's AI dominance 44:28 EU needs companies with Hardware capabilities for AI data security. 47:09 Importance of AI in public sector 51:38 The AI race is a competition for attention in capturing the eye of investors and being noticed. 54:11 AI technology being tested and criticized for lack of restrictions 59:09 Hugging Face - A Billion Dollar AI Company 1:01:29 Ethical concerns around open-source AI research 1:05:41 AI threatens human control and creativity 1:08:09 AI impacting society deeply, regulation challenges ahead 1:13:24 Yapay zeka ile ilgili Avrupa Parlamentosu'ndaki eylemler ve düzenlemeler hakkında 1:15:59 Global competition on AI standards is crucial for power balance 1:21:21 Importance of getting into the top 10 models on leaderboard for company success 1:24:16 New developments in AI technology and funding
  • 18:30 is a very true point. Engineers are the worst communicators and if ringing call centres has taught me anything, I never want to speak to a machine, I always want to speak to a human.
  • @kazzamm99
    So immediately, it's a "battle", a "race"... you have to wonder what collaboration could achieve.
  • @wildfotoz
    The icon for this documentary has a robot on it yet you didn't even cover any of the advancements that have happened recently in robotics which is going to be an even bigger impact than that of knowledge workers.
  • @ssotkow
    Thank you DW documentary team for this piece, and other in-depth tech-centric topics.
  • @randyschwaggins
    It is quite amazing that 99% of movies that have been made predict some kind of global catastrophe as a result of the development of AI....yet here we are...doing more and more to develop AI technology....without any real understanding of how to control or regulate it.
  • The biggest problem with Artificial Intelligence is not what it produces or provides to man, but the humanity it takes from man. Human beings have evolved, including and mainly because they communicate, collaborate and achieve together what no one could do alone. Soon humans will predominantly interact with AIs. What does this mean and what will it do to the human psyche? AIs interacting with AIs in the virtual world and producing political and economic reflexes that cannot be understood or controlled by human beings. What does this mean and what will it do to the immense human groups that need to coexist peacefully in geographic spaces? Evolution has pressured us to study and develop theories and techniques to tame nature in order to build homes, towns, cities, nations... Assuming that AIs do not produce hallucinations and that they are capable of thinking better than we think, the incentive to study will cease to exist. In just a few decades the loss of cognitive capacity will be as inevitable as it is immense. If the AIs that control everything suddenly stop working for some reason, how will we be able to carry out complex tasks that require knowledge that no one else will have? Be careful now is necessary, because on the Island of the Waterlily Eaters, what seemed like a good thing to Ulyssee's crew was precisely what kept them numb and voluntary prisoners away from their relatives in an apparently wonderful place, but which was not Ithaca.
  • @Aandreus
    Mahalo for making such straightforward content, and particularly for presenting your valuable material in a way that doesn't self promote or aim to incite fear. New sub.
  • @raoultesla2292
    The error messages they get back from the public is the training corrections Aleph can save budget without testing or continuing research. This is awesome, the public without pay are increasing the efficiency of for profit software they are now required to use. Go shareholder world !