The reality is that stock market values are shaped by large companies operating in dynamic, cutting-edge fields. Any significant advancement in those fields will naturally impact shares.
For example, if a photonic-based CPU were released tomorrow, it would affect companies like AMD, Intel, and ARM—just the way markets work. History is full of similar disruptions, from pharmaceutical breakthroughs reshaping the drug industry to the rise of electric vehicles. Tesla’s emergence didn’t exactly boost traditional car manufacturers, but that was widely accepted because it was an American company.
Market disruption happens more often than people realize. The difference here is that AI has been heavily hyped, leading to inflated stock values. When a field like this is so dominant, any leap forward—especially from a competitor—will inevitably have an impact. If investors put too many eggs in one basket, volatility is to be expected.
Ultimately, China achieved something impressive despite adversity. Instead of blaming them for their progress or for sharing their advancements with the world, we should applaud it. Spinning this into a conspiracy misses the point. If anything, the real issue lies in the hype-driven nature of the AI market itself.
As they say—diversity solves many things, stock markets included, though I'm sure in the days/weeks/months ahead - I expect a campaign of Deepseek is just wanting to capture people's data with it for the Chinese government and others more sinister allegations, though I'm sure China could claim the same from GPT and the like just as equally. Still, we never hear about that.
The US is drowning under an info tsunami for not recognizing human attention is finite while content is allowed to explode.
The Chinese just need to sit back and stop reacting.
Sometimes, I wonder what could truly unite the world. Sadly, it often seems like only a global catastrophe—something as extreme as an alien invasion—could bring humanity together. Religion, politics, and countless other factions keep us divided. Even race, which should be a meaningless distinction, has been weaponized. I've always believed we are one race—the human race—but at times, it feels like we've drifted so far from that truth. When you take a step back and see the whole picture, it's enough to make anyone with a heart just sit down and weep.
Are we going to pretend astroturfing is not a thing?
Could leverage that at any company that gets a government grant or assistance which has a marketing department. Heck could say MAGA is astroturfing and even GPT would agree if you ask ("Is MAGA astroturfing?") it that (yet ask the same question of DeepSeek and the response is less clear-cut, that it feels more unbiased, so that I recommend trying for yourselves), but then politics is very much deep into that on all party politics in many countries.
For example, if a company developed a revolutionary drug that would disrupt an entire market and weaken competitors, purchasing options against those competitors wouldn’t constitute insider trading or breach stock market regulations, as I understand it. However, buying shares in the company itself based on that inside knowledge would.
