We simply have less computing power
The head of Sberbank, German Gref, said that Russia lags behind market leaders in the development of AI models, since it has an order of magnitude less computing power.
Today in Russia, competencies, if we talk about human competencies, are at the level of the most advanced schools in the world. We are lagging behind in the development of AI models; we estimate the gap between us and the market leaders – Google or Open AI – to be approximately 6 months to 1.5 years. The main thing we are inferior to is the amount of computing power, which our respected colleagues from the USA have an order of magnitude greater than we do. And today this is a key competitive advantage when developing new AI models.
Herman Gref
The head of Sberbank added that Russia is currently developing new architectural solutions that will allow the country to «maintain itself in a competitive state».