From the Opium Wars to the AI Race: Putting China's AI Policies in Context

This week we are joined by Alba Curry and Ryan Harte to discuss how Chinese history and philosophy have shaped China's AI policies. This episode is part 1 and next week you can listen to the rest of the conversation! 

 

Ryan Harte holds a Ph.D. in the comparative thought and literature of China and Greece, specialising in ethics. He has lived and taught in East Asia and the U.S. In autumn 2021 he will take up a post as Assistant Professor of Asian and comparative philosophy at Utah Valley University.
Alba Cercas-Curry is a PHD student at the University of California studying comparative literature focusing on anger in ancient China and Greece.  

 

China's Ai Ethics principles

Books from Alba:

1) Daniel Bell (2006) Beyond Liberal Democracy, Political Thinking for an East Asian Context. Princeton University Press.