There is no space for nuanced opinion these days, no space for total human empathy regardless of "side". No space to be genuine in favour of a 2 state solution. A liberal Jewish person can't criticise Hamas or even demonstrate a hint of empathy for Israel or Jewish life. It's madness.

4️⃣ Resilience to US export controls 📈

Despite US efforts to restrict China’s AI development, China’s strong government backing for domestic tech firms is helping to mitigate the impact of these export controls.

3️⃣ Strengthening domestic capabilities 🇨🇳

China has strategically clustered its AI talent, institutions, and resources, with notable gains in domestic AI education and growing success in retaining top-tier researchers.

2️⃣ Decentralised but with central government oversight 🏢

While top-level AI policy remains under central gov control, the model is not entirely centralised. China’s regulatory model is evolving towards more coherent legislation, with influential roles for senior scientists and regional ecosystems.

1️⃣ AI is seen as a strategic priority 🌏

China’s leadership sees AI as central to its ambitions for global strategic dominance, integrating political and social priorities into a uniquely Chinese concept of “controllable AI”.

It's clear that there is so much more that needs to be done to protect kids online, but it seems the jury is still out on whether the tech itself - here phones and social media - is the main culprit. (5/5)

But listening to the @therestpolitics.bsky.social 'Leading' interview with J. Haidt, he had some compelling responses; saying there is lots of evidence of the causal links, including from platforms (i.e. whistleblowers) themselves. (4/5)

The critique of book struck me as insightful, particularly around the lack of research consensus on the topic, something I wasn't aware of. (I would have taken at face value the claim that social media is bad for teens' mental health). (3/5)

I haven't read the book, but am interested in the topic of technology and mental health, so found both podcasts fascinating. I listened to the @ifbookspod.bsky.social podcast episode a while back (the @therestpolitics.bsky.social 'Leading' interview with J. Haidt only came out recently). (2/5)