The Trump administration is considering new restrictions on the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek that would limit it from buying Nvidia’s AI chips and potentially bar Americans from accessing its AI services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The Trump administration is considering new restrictions on the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek that would limit it from buying Nvidia’s AI chips and potentially bar Americans from accessing its AI services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
competition is the best thing for market forces except when the competition is from a country that makes a competitive model that runs significantly cheaper or electric cars that are much better than any of Americas offerings
Conservatives don’t mean things when they say words.
Their stated ideals are ad-hoc justifications.
All that has ever mattered is ingroup loyalty.
They think that’s all you’re doing, because they think that’s all there is.
Most accurate way of putting it I’ve heard yet.
Thanks, I stole it.
With some things I get there is a national security risk.
However, we are taking about an AI model
Yeah it is easy to make things cheaper by making it so that factory workers have only one day off a month, with 7 day work weeks.
“The workweek was known colloquially as 996, which was shorthand for a week that went 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. Not only did these hours exceed standard maximums, but employees also were rarely compensated for the overtime work. As TechCrunch notes: “Though technically mandating overtime pay for anything surpassing a standard five-day/40-hour work week, employers are known to avail themselves of a plethora of formal and informal methods for evading their legal obligations.” In August 2021, the Supreme Court and Ministry of Human Resources issued guidance that imposed limitations on this common work practice. Now, the legal workweek in China is supposed to be 40 hours a week and eight hours a day, with a cap of 44 hours in a week. According to China labor laws, employers may extend employees’ work hours by an hour per day, if agreed upon by the applicable trade union. That said, the China labor law also states that the maximum number of extra hours can’t exceed three hours per day or 36 hours in a month. And employees must be given at least one rest day for every week of work.
That said, it’s still too early to see whether the changes to the law will be upheld and enforced by Chinese authorities.
Employees are expected to receive salaries at least once a month. And that salary cannot be less than the minimum wage set by one of the 22 provincial governments. These wages are updated every few years and are adjusted to account for the region’s cost of living, level of development and local conditions.
In addition to salaries, employers are expected to provide social contributions to: Employee pension Medical expenses Housing fund Unemployment Maternity benefits Work-related accidents or injuries”
https://www.safeguardglobal.com/resources/blog/china-labor-laws/
And that’s coming from a western based company; western sources are generally skeptical of China and repeat dumb propaganda like what you’ve said. Why do you think companies are moving manufacturing of ultra cheap goods like clothing to Bangladesh and Vietnam? They need new places to exploit slave labor. China has the major bargaining chip in skilled labor and machinery for more advanced manufacturing though. Companies are still looking to move that but it takes significantly longer to do that and maintain quality (plus it’s very costly to do).
Chinese labor practices have been evolving for years. You may not agree with their government because it is spoooky communism but it is run in a goal oriented fashion that does intend to bring prosperity to its people.
Are you American? I am. And my job does not provide a pension, medical expenses, unemployment, maternity leave, housing, or workers comp. I have a masters degree and am licensed to provide healthcare but like many of my peers my industry has largely been converted to 1099 workers. Many of the people I serve are workers that work jobs like customer service and they also get none of these benefits because our government has failed us miserably. Also when’s the last time a cost of living adjustment occurred in the USA?
China has the disadvantage of having to industrialize much later than the United States. Further, their industrialization period was marked by being exploited for labor by the United States (much like how the rich upper class of the United States exploited children and the poor during its own Industrial Revolution). But coming out of their industrialization they are making strides to set up a more equitable society while we fall to constant political gridlock, increased wealth inequality and discrimination, violence, and now literally watching the few social support programs we have become dismantled in front of our eyes as fascism rises
Agreed with all that, but unless you are self-employed, you have worker’s comp. That is not optional insurance for an employer.
Like I said my industry (outpatient healthcare) is and has largely transitioned to 1099 workers. Independent contractors aren’t covered under workers comp laws. This also applies to many other 1099 positions which is far more common under the gig economy.
This extremely inequitable treatment is why some companies like doordash have volunteered to provide a minor amount coverage:
Medical Expenses: Up to $1,000,000 with no deductible or co-pay. Disability Payments: 50% of average weekly wage, up to a maximum of $500 per week, minus other income.
They likely do this to avoid the potential of scrutiny and regulation that would increase the likelihood that the government mandates they provide more substantial workers comp or other benefits
Contracting is the loophole here and it’s why I guarantee more and more industries will transition to 1099 positions over the next decade barring regulation. It’s the easiest and fastest way to erode the bare minimum worker protections that the USA has
The whole point of US and European companies moving manufacturing to China.