The AI ‘Race’: China vs. the US with Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao

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🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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It’s a common counterpoint: “But what about China? We can’t let China get ahead.” In this episode, experts Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao explain the realities of Chinese AI development and assess the stakes for the multi-national race.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is Tristan, and this is Aiza.
0:03.0	As we do our work, we often meet other people who are just as concerned
0:07.1	about the fast pace of AI development as we are,
0:10.6	and yet they're terrified for calling for a pause or a slowdown.
0:13.6	Why is that?
0:14.4	The main reason we have to be China.
0:17.0	And this is like a trump card for the argument, right?
0:18.8	It ends the debate.
0:20.0	Because who's going to argue,
0:21.5	no, I think we should let China win.
0:25.4	But how much do we really know about China's development of AI?
0:28.8	What are the stakes in the AI race for the Chinese government?
0:31.9	And is it even possible for China to overtake the US in AI?
0:35.5	Or is this just some kind of conflated threat?
0:37.9	Yeah.
0:38.2	So in this episode, we're going to be bringing you a conversation with two very
0:42.3	well-respected experts on tech in China.
0:45.1	And that's really good because these takes go against at least my intuition.
0:49.3	So Jeff Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George
0:52.3	Washington University, and he was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford
0:56.0	Center for International Security and Cooperation.
0:58.9	And Karen Howell is an award-winning journalist covering the impacts of AI on society.
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