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X-WR-CALNAME:The “DeepSeek Moment:” China and the Crisis of American Co
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DESCRIPTION:China's recent achievements in artificial intelligence\, exempl
 ified by DeepSeek's breakthrough LLM\, represent more than just technologi
 cal advancement - they signal a fundamental shift in global innovation dyn
 amics. While Chinese companies have demonstrated remarkable capabilities i
 n areas from EVs to social media to AI\, U.S. responses continue to follow
  a predictable pattern: disbelief\, anger\, accusations of theft\, and bla
 me. This recurring cycle reveals both China's evolved capacity for coordin
 ated technological development and deep-seated American anxieties about wh
 at this means for U.S. technological primacy. Drawing on his extensive exp
 erience analyzing both societies\, Sinica Podcast host Kaiser Kuo explores
  how China's innovation ecosystem has matured\, why its successes continue
  to surprise Western observers\, and what this tells us about the structur
 al\, cultural\, and epistemic barriers to understanding China's technologi
 cal transformation. The talk examines how China's rise has challenged core
  assumptions about the relationship between political systems and innovati
 on\, market economies and state guidance\, and ultimately\, about American
  exceptionalism itself — and whether it can accommodate China's own bran
 d of exceptionalism.\n\nKaiser Kuo is the host and co-founder of the Sinic
 a Podcast\, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China that has run s
 ince April 2010 — for its first six years from Beijing\, and since 2016 
 from the U.S. as part of SupChina. The show features in-depth conversation
 s with scholars\, journalists\, diplomats\, analysts\, and others who work
  to better understand China in all its complexity.\n\nBenno Weiner is Asso
 ciate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University where he speciali
 zes in the ethnopolitics of twentieth-century state and nation making alon
 g China’s ethnocultural borderlands. He is the author of The Chinese Rev
 olution on the Tibetan Frontier and co-editor of Conflicting Memories: Tib
 etan History under Mao Retold.
GEO:40.443401;-79.946505
LOCATION:Carnegie Mellon Campus\, Baker Hall A53\, Steinberg Auditorium
SUMMARY:The “DeepSeek Moment:” China and the Crisis of American Confide
 nce with Kaiser Kuo
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 -the-crisis-of-american-confidence-with-kaiser-kuo-6412
CATEGORIES:Lectures\, Symposia\, Etc.
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