[Longish read alert] I have not even looked at AI until now. But, reading about the Chinese-developed DeepSeek system, and how it was shaking up the US-dominated AI world, I decided to do a bit of gentle investigation. News sources report: ‘it sends shockwaves through US tech firms as stocks plunge‘.

I started on DeepSeek, and asked ‘what books has Steve Chilton written?’ This is info that should be available easily in the public domain, and that I know the answer for. I also noted that an...