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2026-05-09 14:46 UTC

The Great Firewall is unequivocally authoritarian, although Western governments are certainly moving in a similar direction. On the other hand, Chinese open ML models like Qwen are more aligned with what U.S. companies like “OpenAI” originally promised before going completely closed and subscription only. These Chinese open models represent a more promising future than the grim and dystopian direction the US is heading with AI.

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@dessalines@lemmy.ml 2026-05-09 18:59

The Great Firewall is unequivocally authoritarian Like the tooth fairy, there’s no such thing as “authoritarianism”, but even if there was, you’d have a difficult time making the case that allowing the US surveillance state to operate within your borders, is “anti-authoritarian”. The US is more likely than any other country to harm you psychologically (or physically), coup your government, misinform you, or push far-right propaganda, all based on the information they gain about you and your peers through their spying platforms. India’s most popular social network for example, is Facebook, meaning the US controls nearly the entire social media and information landscape of a country many times larger than itself. You can watch a vid here on why the PRC is not naive enough to do this.

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