Foreign Policy Live

The Scramble for AI

Jul 14, 2023

47:46

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Cost of Computing Power in AI

3min

The Importance of Access to Computing Hardware in AI

3min

Controlling Proliferation: Hardware or Software?

2min

The Bifurcation of the Chip Industry

3min

The Role of Technology in the Global Race

2min

The Impact of the CHIPS Act on China's AI Industry

2min

The United States on AI

2min

The Importance of Data in the AI Race

2min

10.

The Sound of Switching Your Business to Shopify

2min

11.

How the US Can Maintain Its Lead in AI Competition

2min

12.

The Bifurcation of the AI Industry

3min

13.

AI and Warfare

4min

14.

The Future of Military Technology

2min

15.

The Potential Risks of AI

3min

16.

AI and Its Ability to Potentially Lead to Human Extinction

2min

17.

The Role of Government Regulation in AI

3min

18.

The Importance of Regulation in AI

2min

19.

The Importance of Constraints in Regulation

3min

20.

The EU's AI Act

3min

The world’s most powerful countries are racing to dominate artificial intelligence. Who will win? The answer might lie in who controls high-end chips—and the critical metals behind them. Paul Scharre, the author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, describes this competition in FP’s new Summer 2023 print issue and joins host Ravi Agrawal to discuss how AI will shape geopolitics for years to come.