Master, Professor Zhu Songchun pointed out that the biggest obstacle to China's AI development is not a technical bottleneck but our blind following of the Silicon Valley narrative. It sounds sharp, but it also seems quite true.

Indeed. Over the past decade, the Silicon Valley model that equates AI with 'big data, big computing power, and big models' has almost become the global default path. Whatever OpenAI and DeepMind talk about, we follow. But this path is not just a technological route; it is also a way to export discourse power.

I noticed that Professor Zhu mentioned a statistic: The market value of America's top three tech companies has already surpassed the entire Chinese stock market. Behind this capital narrative, there is actually a hidden form of technological hegemony.

Exactly. And the first step of technological hegemony is discourse hegemony. They set standards, define the future, and even decide 'what intelligence really is.' Look, they claim that general AI must be built by stacking millions of GPUs — that's 'scale worship.' But do we really have to follow that path?

Ironically, many of our domestic policies and investments are actually centered around these 'Silicon Valley logics.' Even concerns about AI safety are following Hinton’s lead, as if whatever the US worries about, we should worry about too.

This is just like the 'globalization narrative' back then. The US said 'the world is flat,' so the world handed over manufacturing to China. When they found it no longer advantageous, they immediately flipped the table, pushing for 'de-risking' and 'technological decoupling.' Discourse power is always a strategic resource.

That's why Professor Zhu emphasizes the need to construct our own AI narrative. He advocates for developing a technological path based on China's actual circumstances, avoiding being led by others' standards.

Exactly. He is not against big models but against the illusion that 'there is only one path.' China needs to tell its own story — both the 'mind' in philosophy and the 'logic' in technology. This is not just a technological choice; it's a civilizational choice.