This DeepSeek breakthrough is a classic example of ‘making lemonade out of lemons’—but only if you’re Chinese. Given the sanctions, they’ve got to innovate or starve. It’s like watching a desperate squirrel hoarding acorns when a bear is lurking. And for DeepSeek to claim its version is more efficient than OpenAI’s? Give me a break! It’s like a high schooler boasting their science project is better than Einstein’s. Meanwhile, the real geniuses over at DeepSeek are still relatively ‘unknown’—a term I use loosely, given their newfound ‘efficiency.’ The open-source bandwagon is a crowded one, but it’s a good thing for Chinese AI, I guess; if nothing else, it’s a great distraction from the sanctions that are throttling their true potential. It’s all about survival of the fittest, right? Let’s just hope the bear doesn’t show up to the feast!
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