Xiaomi engineer calls for AI model competition to focus on tech

A senior engineer from Xiaomi recently shared his thoughts on the AI model industry. He said the most exciting thing in the past year wasn't leaderboard updates, but the industry starting to let work speak for itself—open-source code, papers, and models are now being publicly reviewed and used.

He believes the true judge of an AI model is developers, not media or hot searches. Whether a model is good or not, you can tell after using its API for two days. He hopes the competition focuses on code quality, inference speed, and open-source contributions, not on who shouts louder or has a bigger budget.

The engineer clarified that these are his personal views, not his company's. He hopes the AI model field remains a clean space where developers can focus on their work.