Sriram Krishnan was never interested in policy. But after seeing a gap in AI knowledge at senior levels of government, he decided to lend his expertise to the tech-friendly Trump administration. Senior White House Policy Advisor on AI Sriram Krishnan joins Elad Gil and Sarah Guo to talk about America’s AI Action Plan, a recent executive order that outlines how America can win the AI race and maintain its AI supremacy. Sriram discusses why winning the AI race is important and what that looks like, as well as the core goals of the Action Plan that he helped to author. Together, they explore how AI is the latest iteration of American cultural exportation and soft power, the bottlenecks in upgrading America’s energy infrastructure, and the importance of America owning the “full stack” from GPUs and models to agents and software.
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Chapters:
00:00 – Sriram Krishnan Introduction
01:00 – Sriram’s Role in Government
03:43 – Impetus for the America AI Action Plan
06:14 – What Winning the AI Race Looks Like
10:36 – Algorithms and Cultural Bias
12:26 – Main Tenets of the America AI Action Plan
19:13 – Infrastructure and Energy Needs for AI
22:56 – Manufacturing, Supply Chains, and AI
24:52 – Ensuring American Dominance in Robotics
26:30 – Translating Policy to Industry and the Economy
29:30 – Should the US Be a Technocracy?
32:33 – Understanding the Argument Against Open Source Models
36:07 – Conclusion
