China is planning to be the world's AI superpower by 2030.

In this episode we talk to John Kaller who is an AI entrepreneur in China. John introduces AI in China, what it's like working in China in AI, and also introduces the UnpackAI bootcamp - how you can learn about AI as part of a community.

You can learn more about the unpackAI bootcamp here: https://unpackai.com/

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This strategy outlined China's aims to become the world leader in AI by 2030, to monetise AI into a trillion-yuan

Since 2006, China has steadily developed a national agenda for artificial intelligence development and emerged as one of the leading nations in artificial intelligence research and development. During the late 2010s, China announced in its thirteenth Five-Year Plan its plans to become the global leading AI powerhouse by 2030, aiming to get the worth of its AI industry to over 1 trillion RMB by the same year.

China has broken down this goal into three stages, setting benchmarks for 2020, 2025, and 2030 respectively, as well as releasing a handful of policies, including 'Internet + AI' and 'New Generation AI Development Plan', to incentivize industry growth. Many estimate that China's AI development would contribute approximately 0.8% - 1.4% annual economic growth rate to China's economy.

China's central government has a list of a 'national AI team' including fifteen China-based companies, including Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, SenseTime, and iFlytek. Each company is supposed to lead the development of a designated specialized AI sector in China, such as facial recognition, software/hardware, voice intelligence, and others. China's rapid AI development brought significant impacts to China's society in all aspects, including socio-economic, military, and political impacts. Agriculture, transportation, accommodation and food services, and manufacturing are the top industries that would be the most impacted by AI deployment.