NAIROBI, Kenya- Against the norms we’ve been accustomed to, China is proving to be a reliable manufacturer one innovation after another. If DeepSeek is anything to go by, there’s more in the offing for us.
While the world was playing catch-up with Donald Trump’s hundreds of declarations and executive orders,a little-known app was in the works. Its update would catch even the best in the tech industry flat-footed.
Considering the bottom line of AI is to keep innovating, there are some major lessons to take away from this happening.
Being a pioneer doesn’t always keep you a step ahead.
America and the Silicon Valley especially has always considered itself a pioneer and a step ahead in technological innovations.DeepSeeks’ achievements undermined the notion that there’s a two year disparity between China and America tech-wise and confirms that other countries and notably anyone can innovate and be a pioneer just like the Americans.
No one is exempted from change.
The depths that America has gone to try to protect itself from competition and other countries having a competitive edge is immense and yet, with all the setbacks, DeepSeek managed to level the playing ground for any other entrant interested.
Deconstruct norms.
Using a fraction of artificial intelligence chips at a fraction of the cost, the ban of chips from NVIDIA to china necessitated the innovation with use of lesser chips as was believed to be technically possible.
The use of less chips means use of less water in the functioning of the app as it’s known AI uses so much water for its everyday to day running.
Believe in oneself .
A little known person in the tech world, beyond all doubts managed to impress the tech experts and the tech industry and caught the attention of the world.
The fact that they had no major player in the industry or financially backing him, didn’t deter his aspirations to build something.His was definitely a dream.
Compete to win.
With a determination to put their skills into use, restrictions and bans didn’t derail what they set out to do and they didn’t disappoint either the investors that had belief in them.Given all the statistics at play that would discourage anyone so easily.
With shock waves sent to the tech stock markets and the president of the United States, Donald Trump saying it’s a wake up call to tech bigwigs and America as a whole, DeepSeek is a testament that the best innovations to open AI are yet to be seen and the future is as promising as it can get technology- wise.
The playing ground for new entrants has been levelled too and seeing as the code is free to use and modify for building purposes.
Of note too is the disruption to the status quo.A number of banning from governments,and investigations and scrutiny point to something.
There are chances that DeepSeek could have missed some protocols in the making of the app which is an issue of concern.
There’s no certainty though that protocols were skipped and it could just be witch-hunt to unpopularise it for the potential it has and discourage more audacious personalities.
