Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agoChina has become a scientific superpowerwww.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down110
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minus-squareGhostedIC@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoChina might have some real scientific progress going on, but the country has also become a notorious diploma mill and peer review mill, publishing absolute trash. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/scientists-aghast-at-bizarre-ai-rat-with-huge-genitals-in-peer-reviewed-article/
minus-squaregeekwithsoul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoNot to mention that much of their supposed technological advancement is the direct result of stealing tech from western partners (who have been required to have a Chinese “partner” in order to do business) or outright industrial espionage.
China might have some real scientific progress going on, but the country has also become a notorious diploma mill and peer review mill, publishing absolute trash. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/scientists-aghast-at-bizarre-ai-rat-with-huge-genitals-in-peer-reviewed-article/
Not to mention that much of their supposed technological advancement is the direct result of stealing tech from western partners (who have been required to have a Chinese “partner” in order to do business) or outright industrial espionage.