The Issue: Market concerns over Chinese start-up DeepSeek disrupting the AI sector.
The Chinese want us to think they can produce the same AI results for millions of dollars that costs us billions (“Red Alert,” Jan. 28)?
Not so fast — remember they also said the Wuhan Lab didn’t start COVID.
Before we give up, let’s consider China’s costs may be underestimated, because the Chinese government may have intervened.
Considering that, DeepSeek’s costs may be similar or higher than ours to produce these similar results.
So at the end of the day, US-based tech giants may not have overspent on AI, but the Chinese government may have slanted their numbers by not including their funding in Chinese AI technology.
Eric Marberblatt
Boston, Mass.
Before we rush to judgment on the claims that a Chinese company has found a much cheaper form of AI, we should wait to see if this is just another case of Chinese propaganda.
We are in a time when President Trump has vowed to play hardball with the country, and must not make hasty conclusions.
John Giriat
The Bronx
DeepSeek has just dealt a major blow to our tech industry, hopefully only temporarily.
China’s AI model is now at the forefront of the advanced technology world, leaving the United States to play catch-up to the Chinese model.
According to Trump, DeepSeek serves as a wake-up call for tech giants like Larry Ellison and Elon Musk.
Whether or not this technology is a trendsetter, the Nasdaq took a hit, with billions of dollars lost in the process.
Ron Zajicek
Cortland
China is our biggest geopolitical and moral adversary in the world.
While DeepSeek may be the latest buzz, I issue a word of caution.
China doesn’t tell the truth about anything — so why should we believe what it’s saying now?
And if it’s true, who believes it achieved this without espionage?
The Department of Justice must investigate how China “allegedly” leapfrogged America in the AI race.
Charlie Honadel
Venice, Fla.
The Issue: The upcoming release of the man convicted of murdering Officer Juan Andino in 1984.
I want to thank The Post for informing readers about the upcoming release of the man who assassinated Officer Juan Andino in June 1984 (“1984 cop killer free,” Jan. 26).
The release of this killer is especially troubling now, as Zohran Mamdani, a leading opponent to Mayor Adams in the upcoming mayoral race, is a prominent advocate for the “defund the police” movement.
If Mamdani were truly concerned about innocent victims, he would speak out in support of heroic members of the NYPD, like Officer Andino, and condemn violence of any kind.
John Francis Fox
Queens
The parole board has once again shown a complete disregard for law enforcement by granting parole to cop-killer Lee Ernest Walker.
Walker took the life of NYPD Officer Juan Andino over a pair of sunglasses in 1984, and now, after 40 years in prison, the board has decided to release him.
Its reasoning?
Walker’s age.
What about Officer Andino’s age?
He didn’t live to see 40.
Walker should have spent the rest of his life behind bars.
Meanwhile, Juan Andino is dead, essentially serving a sentence for eternity.
That is permanent: Andino will never be “free.”
Gary Acerra
Staten Island
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