China dreams of becoming an AI utopia, pushing beyond surveillance and into education and health care

China has had success with AI and surveillance, but when it comes to social issues such as education, health care and agriculture, there is still a ways to go. — SCMP

For China, the advent of artificial intelligence is meant to be the silver bullet that unlocks further economic growth and helps solve deep-rooted social problems, such as the uneven distribution of resources in education and health care.

The targets are ambitious – by 2025 China wants wide-scale adoption of AI in manufacturing, health care, education, agriculture and national defence, and is seeking to usurp the US as global leader in AI by 2030.