Highlights: #193 – Sihao Huang on the risk that US–China AI competition leads to war
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Show Notes
This is a selection of highlights from episode #193 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Sihao Huang on the risk that US–China AI competition leads to war
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Chapters:
- Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)
- How advanced is Chinese AI? (00:00:25)
- Is China catching up to the US and UK? (00:05:14)
- Could China be a source of catastrophic AI risk? (00:07:50)
- AI enabling human rights abuses and undermining democracy (00:13:53)
- China's attempts at indigenising its semiconductor supply chain (00:18:14)
- How the US and UK might coordinate with China (00:20:32)
Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong