Go try GLM-5.2 now!
If you haven’t tried GLM-5.2 yet, go do it now. It’s a Chinese distilled model that is outperforming most American models in terms of price and performance. The implications for the American AI industry are profound, and we need to ask ourselves some hard questions.
Is using Chinese distilled models stealing the future of AI from the US? Are American models’ prices competitive with Chinese ones? What does this mean for the future of AI in America? And what does it mean for the future of the internet? Will firewalls and censorship become the norm in the US as they are in China to protect the domestic AI industry? These are questions that need to be answered in the next 12 months, and we need to be prepared for the answers.
Because the competition is fierce, and the stakes are high. The American AI industry is at a crossroads, and we need to make sure that we are on the right path. We need to be prepared for the future, and we need to be ready to adapt to the changing landscape of AI. The next 12 months will be critical for the future of AI in America, and we need to be ready for whatever comes our way.
Now, I’m Canadian, and Mr. Trump doesn’t like us very much, we don’t shine enough for him. And eventhough I don’t like him either, I do have to say that he is right about one thing: the Chinese are coming, and they are coming fast. The American AI industry needs to wake up and smell the coffee, because the Chinese are not going to wait for us to catch up. They are going to take the lead, and we need to be ready for that. We need to be prepared for the future of AI in America, and we need to be ready to adapt to the changing landscape of AI.
Can American models’ prices compete with Chinese ones?
I’ve been testing GLM-5.2 for the last month, and I have to say that I’m impressed. The model is fast, accurate, and cheap. It’s a Chinese distilled model that is outperforming most American models in terms of price and performance. The implications for the American AI industry are profound, and we need to ask ourselves some hard questions. Can American models’ prices compete with Chinese ones? Are American models’ prices competitive with Chinese ones? No. Not even close.
The performance of GLM-5.2 is impressive, and the price is unbeatable.
Is using Chinese distilled models stealing the future of AI from the US?
Let’s imagine a world, like now, where national internet ports are mostly opened, pirating is rampant, and the Chinese are distilling American models and selling them back to us at a fraction of the price. Is this stealing the future of AI from the US? I would say yes. The Chinese are taking their technology and using it to their advantage, while the Americans and the rest of the buzzword eaters are using Claude Code and OpenAI GPT Codex models that are overpriced and similarly performing. The Chinese are stealing the stealers, and the Americans, or the whole internet enchilada, is letting them do it.
Should we cry for Anthropic and OpenAI? Where they stole the whole freaking internet, dark and light, and now they are being stolen from? Should we cry for the American AI industry? I haven’t been using Mistral models, mostly because they are not as marketed here in Canada, nor Cohere which is Canadian. I’ve been using OpenAI since GPT-3 and Claude models since Claude 2.
Stealing the stealers
The Chinese have become good at copying stuff. We have seen it it the last 10 years on Amazon for example, where Chinese sellers have been copying American products and selling them at a fraction of the price. The same is happening in the AI industry.
Now we’ve mostly heard the prosecutions of Anthropic and OpenAI for stealing the book authors’ works, and some paywalled content, but in the end, the Chinese are stealing the stealers…
American AI bubble busting soon?
We must take this into account, because billions of dollars have been invested in the American AI industry, and if the Chinese are stealing the stealers, then the American AI bubble is going to burst soon. The American AI industry is at a crossroads, and we need to make sure that we are on the right path. At least for me as a Canadian and good friend the American AI industry.
Now, Mr. Trump would say that I should pay the whole enchilada for the American AI industry, but I don’t think that is the right path. I want the whole AI stuff, cheap. Really cheap…
What to look for in the next 12 months
GLM-5.2 is flabbergastingly good, and the price is unbeatable. The Chinese are not taking the lead in this way, but we are seeing a trend of model to distillation, and the Chinese are taking the lead in this way. The American AI industry needs to wake up and smell the new teen spirit, because the Chinese are not going to wait for us to catch up. They are going to take the lead, with undistillation, if I may say so, by inflating weights and biases, and we need to be ready for that. We need to be prepared for the future of AI in America, and we need to be ready to adapt to the changing landscape of AI.
At least for me as a Canadian and good friend of the American AI industry…