The Censorship Dilemma Behind DeepSeek's AGI Mission

Much has been written about the AI model that jolted the stock market. But, DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng rarely speaks in public, making each of his interviews and statements highly anticipated and closely scrutinised. As per reports, he appeared for just two interviews in 2023 and 2024, in which he revealed his modus operandi to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). Wenfeng, born in the 1980s in the Chinese province of Guangdong, graduated from Zhejiang University with a degree in electronic information engineering. In 2015, he co-founded High-Flyer, a hedge fund which managed $10 billion by 2019. The interviews highlight that,…