{"id":363904,"date":"2025-01-29T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=363904"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:21:16","slug":"chinas-ai-sputnik-moment-just-changed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=363904","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s AI Sputnik Moment Just Changed the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"448\" data-attachment-id=\"363905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=363905\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?fit=1536%2C952&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,952\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C635&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?resize=768%2C476&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C744&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01737990975_DeepSeek-R1-the-Chinese-AI-that-makes-the-US-giants-1536x952-1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/01\/28\/chinas-ai-sputnik-moment-just-changed-the-world\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/eworrall1\/\">Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green energy is dead \u2013 China just fired the opening shot in a new high energy cold war race to build the ultimate AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DeepSeek\u2019s tech breakthrough hailed in China as answer to win AI war<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018We should have confidence that China will eventually win the AI war with the US,\u2019 Qihoo 360\u2019s Zhou Hongyi said in a Weibo post<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/author\/ben-jiang\">Ben Jiang<\/a>in&nbsp;Beijing&nbsp;<strong>and<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/author\/bien-perez\">&nbsp;Bien Perez<\/a>in&nbsp;Hong Kong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published:&nbsp;12:00pm, 28 Jan 2025Updated:&nbsp;1:25pm, 28 Jan 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3292507\/chinese-start-deepseek-launches-ai-model-outperforms-meta-openai-products?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\">DeepSeek<\/a>, extolled by some as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3293050\/meet-deepseek-chinese-start-changing-how-ai-models-are-trained?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\">\u201cbiggest dark horse\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;in the open-source large language model (LLM) arena, now has a bull\u2019s eye on its back, as the start-up is being touted as China\u2019s secret weapon in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/artificial-intelligence?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\">artificial intelligence<\/a>&nbsp;(AI) war with the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hangzhou-based company sent shock waves across Wall Street and Silicon Valley for developing AI models at a fraction of the cost compared with OpenAI and Meta Platforms, which prompted US President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/donald-trump?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;to call the breakthrough a \u201cwake-up call\u201d and \u201cpositive\u201d for America\u2019s tech sector.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At home, Chinese tech executives and various commentators rushed to hail DeepSeek\u2019s disruptive power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3226397\/chinese-tech-entrepreneur-says-large-language-models-should-be-kept-cage-during-initial-adoption?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\">Zhou Hongyi<\/a>, co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360, declared that DeepSeek has \u201cupended the world\u201d in a recent video posted on his Weibo account, after the start-up\u2019s release of two powerful new AI models \u2013 built at a lower cost and with less computing resources than what larger tech firms typically need for LLM development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3296503\/deepseeks-tech-breakthrough-hailed-china-answer-win-ai-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3296503\/deepseeks-tech-breakthrough-hailed-china-answer-win-ai-war<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impact of this breakthrough on the US tech landscape has been dramatic;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PUBLISHED MON, JAN 27 20254:08 PM ESTUPDATED MON, JAN 27 20255:26 PM EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/samantha-subin\/\">Samantha Subin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@samantha_subin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@SAMANTHA_SUBIN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nvidia shares plunged 17% on Monday, resulting in a market cap loss of close to $600 billion, the biggest drop ever for a U.S. company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sell-off, which hit much of the U.S. tech sector, was sparked by concerns about increased competition from Chinese AI lab DeepSeek.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data center companies that rely on Nvidia chips also plummeted, with Dell, Oracle and Super Micro Computer all falling by at least 8.7%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\">Nvidia<\/a>&nbsp;lost close to $600 billion in market cap on Monday, the biggest drop for any company on a single day in U.S. history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chipmaker\u2019s stock price plummeted 17% to close at $118.58. It was Nvidia\u2019s worst day on the market since March 16, 2020, which was early in the Covid pandemic. After&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nvidia-passes-apple-again-to-become-worlds-most-valuable-company-.html\">Nvidia surpassed<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AAPL\/\">Apple<\/a>&nbsp;last week to become the most valuable publicly traded company, the stock\u2019s drop Monday led a 3.1% slide in the tech-heavy Nasdaq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sell-off was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/27\/nvidia-falls-10percent-in-premarket-trading-as-chinas-deepseek-triggers-global-tech-sell-off.html\">sparked<\/a>&nbsp;by concerns that Chinese&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a>&nbsp;lab DeepSeek is presenting increased competition in the global AI battle. In late December,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/24\/how-chinas-new-ai-model-deepseek-is-threatening-us-dominance.html\">DeepSeek unveiled<\/a>&nbsp;a free, open-source large language model that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/deepseek-ai\/DeepSeek-V3\/blob\/main\/DeepSeek_V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it&nbsp;said<\/a>&nbsp;took only two months and less than $6 million to build, using reduced-capability chips from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\">Nvidia<\/a>&nbsp;called H800s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/27\/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/27\/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in December I predicted 2025 would be the year of the gigawatt AI project, and suggested China was getting into the AI game in a big way, though details were sparse. This observation has now been confirmed by the DeepSeek announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My research back in December also suggested China has an edge in this race, because of their vast surplus of fossil fuel energy. China\u2019s construction slowdown has left lots of surplus energy and industrial capacity looking for a use. AI could be the ticket to soak up that spare capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-watts-up-with-that wp-block-embed-watts-up-with-that\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pmRRsB5RFi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/12\/26\/2025-the-year-of-the-gigawatt-ai-project\/\">2025: The Year of the Gigawatt AI Project<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;2025: The Year of the Gigawatt AI Project&#8221; &#8212; Watts Up With That?\" src=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/12\/26\/2025-the-year-of-the-gigawatt-ai-project\/embed\/#?secret=pUzObEgGAf#?secret=pmRRsB5RFi\" data-secret=\"pmRRsB5RFi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USA\u2019s only hope of catching up with China is to match China\u2019s access to energy, by cost, stability and quantity. Because one thing AI needs more than anything is gigawatts of rock stable dedicated capacity. On the energy front, the USA is so far behind the game, it will take the USA years to level up even to China\u2019s current capacity on this most critical metric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where is the room in this new AI space race for energy conservation, expensive renewables, and impractical battery storage?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USA better get this right, because&nbsp;<strong>the USA is the only power which can hope to match China\u2019s AI research resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US AI companies are rising to the challenge.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/21\/tech\/openai-oracle-softbank-trump-ai-investment\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Trump recently gave his backing to the Stargate Project<\/a>, a $500 billion collaboration by US AI companies, which some people are describing as an AI Manhattan Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain and Europe have expressed interest in AI, but for the foreseeable future there is no point taking such announcements seriously. Right now both are so energy poor they are not even on the map. Until they set their house in order, and ditch their green fantasies, Britain and Europe will continue to be spectators to the greatest tech revolution in human history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in resources being advanced by favourites to win the AI race, there are other players whose outstanding achievements qualify them as contenders.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India is a big player in the AI game \u2013 they have the energy resources and people power to match China\u2019s AI push, and have long been a software and computing titan, thanks to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cleartax.in\/s\/gst-on-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their government\u2019s long standing policy of zero tax on offshore IT industry income<\/a>, and special low tax high tech economic zones. The large scale presence of Indian immigrants in Silicon Valley is also testament to India\u2019s tech prowess \u2013 no doubt India will attempt in coming years to lure top Indian Silicon Valley IT people to return home, to participate in India\u2019s AI tech race. I fully expect India to make a similar AI announcement to China in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel is solid a contender, their AI battlefield technology is world class. But it remains to be seen whether the Israeli economy can muster the resources required for a serious attempt to build the first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_general_intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial general intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is one other contender worth mentioning \u2013 Turkey. Despite ongoing Turkish economic and political instability, Turkey has a surprisingly robust high tech manufacturing sector, with a solid track record of high tech achievement. During the recent Libyan civil war, which Turkey and Russia turned into a high tech weapons showcase by arming opposing factions, Turkey decisively defeated Russia\u2019s world class drone jamming system by creating the world\u2019s first autonomous terminator robot,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/apps-drones-idUSL5N2NS2E8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an AI attack robot which does not need a control signal<\/a>. Turkey might be the 100 to one outsider when it comes to the race to build the world\u2019s first AI super intelligence, but given unlocking the secret to building the first artificial super intelligence might require brains rather than brawn, a theoretical breakthrough rather than global superpower scale investment, Turkey cannot be completely discounted as a contender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are other players which in the future might become significant, such as Nigeria, which is becoming a serious presence in the high tech field, Japan, with a long history of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/japanese-scientists-were-pioneers-of-ai-yet-theyre-being-written-out-of-its-history-243762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI pioneering<\/a>, AI powered animatronics and other advanced technologies, and Iran, which is quietly upping its skills base by supplying high tech weapons to Russia. But I do not believe these players are treating the AI arms race as a serious enough national priority to be true contenders, though I might be mistaken about Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One thing is clear. The USA has hesitated too long to put all the required stepping stones in place, and has a lot of catchup to do. The USA\u2019s energy shortfall relative to China could cripple US efforts to keep up with China\u2019s AI push<\/strong>, unless this shortfall is remedied in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to know why AI needs so much energy, this article delves into how AI works.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-watts-up-with-that wp-block-embed-watts-up-with-that\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wXwGAIFmmj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/11\/15\/artificial-intelligence-a-working-demonstration-and-why-big-tech-ditched-big-green\/\">Artificial Intelligence: A Working Demonstration, and Why Big Tech Ditched Big Green<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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