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Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy

2025-11-25 02:00
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Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy

Midea, an appliance maker, deploys robots to work under an AI ‘factory brain’ that acts as a central nervous system for its plant in Jingzhou. Midea By Brian SpegeleSam Altman wants artificial intelli...

A humanoid robot working on an assembly line at the Midea production center in Jingzhou, China.Midea, an appliance maker, deploys robots to work under an AI ‘factory brain’ that acts as a central nervous system for its plant in Jingzhou. Midea

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Brian Spegele

Sam Altman wants artificial intelligence to cure cancer. Elon Musk says AI robots will eliminate poverty.

China is focused on something more prosaic: making better washing machines.

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