The Global AI Race
Lindsay Gorman and Alvin Wang Graylin examine the race between the United States and China over artificial intelligence—who's ahead, how their visions for the technology diverge, and what the outcome means for the world.
Jul
28
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About This Event
Artificial intelligence may do more to determine the global balance of power over the next decade than any other force, transforming how wars are fought and who dominates the global economy. The United States and China are competing fiercely to lead that transformation, and the outcome will shape not just the bilateral relationship, but the future everyone else inherits. Who is ahead, and in what areas? How do their visions for AI differ? And is there any space for cooperation on AI’s most dangerous applications, or is this rivalry purely zero-sum? Join Lindsay Gorman and Alvin Wang Graylin for a conversation on the AI race between the United States and China and what it means for the world.
About the Speakers
Lindsay Gorman
Managing Director & Senior Fellow, GMF Technology
Lindsay Gorman is managing director and senior fellow at GMF Technology, where she leads work on US-China emerging-technology competition, artificial intelligence and democracy, and transatlantic innovation. She previously served as a White House senior adviser on emerging technology and national security at the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council.
Alvin Wang Graylin
Non-Resident Honorary Senior Fellow on Technology, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute
Alvin Wang Graylin is a global technology strategist, author of "Our Next Reality," and senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis. He currently serves as a digital fellow at Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute, a lecturer at MIT, and chairman of the Virtual World Society.
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