Back to the Future: Historical Lessons of U.S. AI Policy, With Arthur Herman

The United States has been a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) since the 1950s. But AI and other advanced industry leadership in the United States has been threatened by increased competition with China. Rob and Jackie sat down with Arthur Herman, a senior fellow and director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative at The Hudson Institute, to discuss how AI leadership in the United States has eroded and what policymakers can do to save it for the future. 

Mentioned:

• Arthur Herman, Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, (Random House Trade, November 2013).
• Arthur Herman, The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World, (Mariner Books, 2021).

Related:

• Rob Atkinson, “Don’t Fear AI” (European Investment Bank, June 2018).
• Hodan Omaar, “Creating an AI Bill of Rights Is a Distraction,” Financial Times, October 2021.
• Daniel Castro and Michal McLaughlin, “Who Is Winning the AI Race: China, the EU, or the United States? — 2021 Update” (ITIF, January 2021).