Medlir and Chris explore China’s approach to AI governance and innovation with our guest Chen Dingding in a conversation that touches on a number of topics from US-China relations and tech competition to AI governance. While YD ask questions about what the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) means, and whether the substrate (biological, silicon, etc.) on which AI runs is likely to affect the ability to truly achieve the AGI that many people imagine. 

Links:

• https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/chinas-2019-two-sessions-and-the-statement-of-artificial-intelligence-ambitions/
• https://thediplomat.com/2021/04/should-the-west-fear-chinas-increasing-role-in-technical-standard-setting/
• https://flia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/A-New-Generation-of-Artificial-Intelligence-Development-Plan-1.pdf
• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/can-china-and-europe-find-common-ground-on-ai-ethics/#:~:text=Whereas%20the%20Chinese,of%20certain%20people
• https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/harnessed-lightning/
• https://www-pre.baai.ac.cn/news/beijing-ai-principles-en.html
• https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3111120/surveillance-china-artist-who-hides-security-cameras-beijing
• https://medium.com/rs21/the-pursuit-of-artificial-intelligence-and-the-ethical-frameworks-it-demands-40f66abec42a
• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ 

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