1、Issue BriefMay 2025Wuhans AIDevelopmentChinas Alternative Springboard to Artificial General Intelligence(AGI)AuthorsWm.C.HannasHuey-Meei ChangDaniel H.ChouWuhans AIDevelopmentChinas Alternative Springboard to Artificial General Intelligence(AGI)AuthorsWm.C.HannasHuey-Meei ChangDaniel H.Chou Center f

2、or Security and Emerging Technology|1 Executive Summary DeepSeeks emergence as a successful generative modela niche where the United States was believed to hold an uncontested leadis causing global artificial intelligence watchers to reassess Chinas standing in the race toward artificial general int

3、elligence(AGI)and pay closer attention to Chinas AI research and deployment.While large models continue to account for a significant part of its AI investment,Chinas top state-funded AI institutes are exploring alternative approaches to AGI that involve embodying AI algorithms in real environments.I

4、mbued with the Chinese Communist Partys pre-defined values,the AI interacts with its natural surroundings,learning as it proceeds.The test bed for this proactive approach to AGI is Chinas inland city of Wuhan,where the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)Institute of Automation,Huawei,and a Peking Unive

5、rsity consortium are infusing the citys industrial and commercial enterprises with AI services and deploying a“social simulator”that expands AIs reach to all aspects of daily life.The intent is to optimize production and supervise social interaction while affording the AI opportunities to become mor

6、e intelligent,catalyzing its evolution into AGI.The Wuhan implementation is seen by its state-backed entities as a stepping stone to deployment throughout China,raising questions about the type of technosociety with which the United States needs to compete.Center for Security and Emerging Technology