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After 35 years working in technology across both the U.S. and China, Alvin W. Grayland sees three possible

paths for the future of AI. One where tech giants create a class of trillionaires, one where

competition escalates into war, or one where humanity builds and shares this technology for

the common good. In this conversation with journalist and TED Radio Hour host, Manushe Omaroati,

Graylin cuts through the hype to clarify how to make sure we choose the right path.

Alvin, you have been in this field, AI, cybersecurity, VR, semiconductors, 35 years you've been doing this.

But what makes you very different is that it's been both in the United States, as a U.S. citizen, and in China a lot of the time.

I think a lot of people feel ambivalent about AI.

They feel like what is actually really happening? What is hype? And what is transforming our existence?

Where are we right now, according to you?

I mean, this is one of the biggest questions that we have as a society today, and unfortunately, there's just a lot of misinformation.

And my answer to you is probably going to be a little different

than the Silicon Valley consensus, even though I work at Stanford,

and it's going to be probably a little scary to a lot of you.

But hopefully by the end of this, it will convince you to take action, just like what

TEDs, and the little note I saw in TED is it says, what action you're going to take after this

event, right?

We are really at this inflection point, and the inflection point, not the traditional one that

just keep going up.

We are essentially at a fork in a row between

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