China lagged years, if not decades, behind the United States in artificial intelligence. But over the past three years China has caught AI fever, exp… - Kai-Fu Lee

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China lagged years, if not decades, behind the United States in artificial intelligence. But over the past three years China has caught AI fever, experiencing a surge of excitement about the field that dwarfs even what we see in the rest of the world. Enthusiasm about AI has spilled over from the technology and business communities into government policymaking, and it has trickled all the way down to kindergarten classrooms in Beijing.