The Interrelationship Between Chips and AI

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The next turn of this wheel, both militarily and more broadly economically, seems to be different forms of machine learning of artificial intelligence. And it's a story that is very much grounded in semiconductors - if you're talking about training next generation artificial intelligence systems, you are talking about these chips. So today there's just a couple of companies that produce or design the most advanced AI chips; Nvidia based in California produces the majority of the chips used for AI training in the world.

Today we’re bringing you an episode on chips. No, not potato chips. Kevin has been pitching an episode on the truly fascinating world of chips and semiconductors for quite a while, but our friends at the The Ezra Klein Show got to it first. This week on Hard Fork: Ezra Klein’s engrossing conversation with historian Chris Miller. It’s a must listen. Thank you to Ezra for beating us in our quest for a great chips episode.

We'll be back with our regularly scheduled tech coverage, with Kevin and Casey next week.

Additional reading:

“The Problem With Everything-Bagel Liberalism” by Ezra Klein
Book Recommendations:The World For Sale by Javier Blas and Jack Farchy; Nexus by Jonathan Reed Winkler; Prestige, Manipulation and Coercion by Joseph Torigian

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