Chip Wars, China, & Compute Governance w/ Onni Aarne & Erich Grunewald
Evan, Onni, and Erich discuss chip smuggling, U.S. efforts to restrict China’s access to advanced AI, and how relations between the two global powers will develop as the technological tit-for-tat heats up.
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Show Notes
Recently, the Biden Administration announced further restrictions on the types of semiconductors that American companies sell to China. The move is aimed at preventing American AI from benefitting Chinese military applications. While heralded by many as a necessary move to protect U.S. national security, how will the move affect Sino-American relations, and how will China respond? Could China simply “smuggle” the chips to avoid U.S. restrictions, or will the move spur China to race to develop more chips domestically? Could China simply access the computing power it needs through “the cloud?”
Evan is joined by Onni Aarne and Erich Grunewald of the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy, which works to reduce risks related to the development & deployment of frontier AI systems. You can read Erich’s report on chip smuggling here.