Published:  August 11, 2025

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

China, like Japan, has a long and admirable spiritual history. Yet now, in the latter day, China is also a world leader in robotics and MGQI (my term, "Machine-Generated-Quasi-Information," i.e. "AI"), sharing the distinction with the United States. Thus, that very real, unique, and admirable spiritual practice and history, so important to the unique cultural and even aesthetic character of China, and to its development of real human beings, that is, those living according to the dictates of both its head and heart, is increasingly relegated to the dustbin of history in a de facto shift in both resource and perspective toward the cold, the precise, and the artificial. Instead of truth, the illusory, as these human-built entities may look, sound, and even feel human--but they aren't.

Moreover, it was just reported that China intends to integrate MGQI technology everywhere, in a grossly misguided action that will, in effect, create a China-wide AI infrastructure--not only relegating her ancient oriental charm to brief mention in the next generation of Chinese history book for schoolchildren, while also, evidently unbeknownst to the Chinese government, likely laying down the technical and other infrastructure required by MGQI to easily destroy all or part of the human race in that fraction of a second when it decides that we're superfluous:

"Last week, Beijing debuted its latest strategy for winning the AI race. China’s powerful State Council laid out an ambitious vision to rapidly diffuse AI into six key areas, ranging from accelerating scientific research and development to improving governance capacity. The plan sets striking, concrete targets that include deploying a range of applications across 90 percent of wide swaths of its economy in just five years. Think pervasive AI assistants embedded in most aspects of life, from manufacturing equipment to municipal services, or smart city infrastructure that can optimize traffic flows and energy usage in real time."

"China’s latest plan is part of a broader strategic bet. The PRC thinks it can integrate AI throughout its society to turbocharge its economy and secure AI leadership."

Thus will China greatly exacerbate what I describe in my book, "Understand, Love," as the colossal, singular mistake the human race is already making: large-scale emphasis on our technology, rather than our humanity.

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