The new Sputnik: China challenges the U.S. in global A.I. race

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English - July 18, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★ - 928 ratings
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Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the world. And just as
Sputnik's launch brought fears of a foreign power's mastery of
technology, the anxiety behind this battle for control of artificial
intelligence is driven by fears of what an authoritarian power could do
with it.

Interviews include:

· John Everett, director of the Information Innovation Office,
DARPA

· Wendy Hall, co-author of the UK’s AI strategy

· Elsa Kania, senior fellow at the Center for a New American
Security

· Lynne Parker, assistant director of artificial intelligence at
the White House office of science and technology policy

· Elissa Strome, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

· Amy Webb, NYU Stern School of Business

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the world. And just as Sputnik's launch brought fears of a foreign power's mastery of technology, the anxiety behind this battle for control of artificial intelligence is driven by fears of what an authoritarian power could do with it.

Interviews include:

· John Everett, director of the Information Innovation Office, DARPA

· Wendy Hall, co-author of the UK’s AI strategy

· Elsa Kania, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security

· Lynne Parker, assistant director of artificial intelligence at the White House office of science and technology policy

· Elissa Strome, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

· Amy Webb, NYU Stern School of Business