This week on Sinica, Paul Triolo of DGA Albright Stonebridge and tech investor Ryan Cunningham join to talk about their observations and insights from the World AI Conference (WAIC), held in July in Shanghai, and what it tells them about China's ambitions in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence. Don't miss this one! 04:21 - Ryan on his Edgerunner fund 06:23 - Impressions of the World AI Conference in Shanghai 13:52 - Approaches to AI development in the US and China 24:04 - China’s role in global AI safety 33:42 - AI market: US vs China 38:20 - AI diffusion in China 44:56 - AI safety frameworks 52:06 - Domestic development of Chinese AI 1:04:06 - Pressure of Domestic AI Alternatives 1:08:43 - Can AI have a dual role in the U.S.? 1:17:25 -Paying it Forward 1:20:16 - Recommendations Paying it Forward: Kevin Xu , Kyle Chan , Helen Toner ( Rising Tide Substack ), Piotr Mazurek and Felix Gabriel ( LLM Inference Economics from First Principles ). Recommendations: Paul: Neil deGrasse Tyson - Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (book), Sara Imari Walker’s Life As No One Knows It (book) Ryan: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (video game) Kaiser: The Studio (TV series), Platonic (TV series) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
