Experts Warn: China Implements Three-Stage Hidden Strategy Against US in Artificial Intelligence
Beijing is deploying knowledge distillation, free open-source software, and cognitive warfare methods to shake US global supremacy.
While the American public focuses on possible future robot wars, experts point out that China is targeting US global leadership in the field of artificial intelligence without firing a single bullet.
Copying via Knowledge Distillation Method
Chinese laboratories bypass billions of dollars in American research by querying the most advanced US artificial intelligence models and copying their capabilities.
In this process, known as knowledge distillation, smaller models quickly close the gap by deciphering the logic of larger American models.
Free Open Source Strategy
China aims to pressure American developers financially by releasing free open-source models to the global market.
The preference for Chinese models by Fortune 500 companies due to high US technology costs raises concerns about potential censorship and hidden backdoors.
Economic Tactics and Security Warnings
China expert Gordon Chang states that Beijing is repeating an economic tactic similar to solar panels with these free models.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a joint cybersecurity warning highlighting that Chinese companies are conducting industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns.
Cognitive Warfare and Physical Supply Chains
Experts emphasize that Beijing uses artificial intelligence in commercial drones, factory automation, and physical supply chains, as well as in propaganda for cognitive warfare purposes.
Although the US maintains its leadership in physical infrastructure with more than 5,400 data centers and superior microchips, China is trying to bridge this gap through software and strategic deployments.
Expected Steps from Washington
Ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to the US, experts called on the Washington administration to close chip export loopholes.
It is demanded that foreign laboratories engaging in deceptive distillation activities be blacklisted and that US open-source development processes be encouraged.