PRC Elites Voice AI-SkepticismExecutive Summary:Alongside continued investment in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and applications, a growing body of skeptics has emerged within media, policy, academic, and scientific circles in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As one media article wrote, “no locality wants to miss the opportunity of the AI industry” (没有地方希望错过人工智能产业的机遇) (China Newsweek, March 20). Beijing has become increasingly attentive to problems arising from uncoordinated AI development across regions. Party elites have increasingly come to recognize the potential dangers of an unchecked, accelerationist approach to AI development. Significant uncertainties remain, particularly regarding how, or whether, closer government oversight of AI development will materialize.