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The breakneck pace of AI progress and the intensity of the competition for AI supremacy has left U.S. policymakers in a difficult position. They must encourage the innovation needed to ensure an advantage over China and to power economic growth; protect against a national security catastrophe; and assuage the concerns of an anxious and skeptical public.<\/p>\n

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Sebastian Mallaby calls this the \u201cAI trilemma\u201d in his most recent essay for Foreign Affairs<\/em>. And he argues that it requires more than the piecemeal measures currently on offer in Washington\u2014or, for that matter, in Beijing or Brussels. Mallaby is a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the host of a new podcast called The Spillover<\/em>, as well as the author of The Infinity Machine<\/em>, an excellent new book about the founding of the AI lab DeepMind.<\/p>\n

Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke with him on June 24 about the state of AI competition, about the stakes of that competition, and about how its course will reshape societies, economies, and global politics.<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe AI Trilemma\u201d by Sebastian Elbaum and Sebastian Mallaby<\/p>\n

The Infinity Machine<\/em> by Sebastian Mallaby<\/p>\n

The Power Law<\/em> by Sebastian Mallaby<\/p>\n

The Man Who Knew<\/em>by Sebastian Mallaby<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Age of Magic Money\u201d by Sebastian Mallaby<\/p>\n

Chokepoints<\/em> by Edward Fishman<\/p>\n

\u201cHow to Fight an Economic War\u201d by Edward Fishman<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AI Grand Bargain\u201d by Ben Buchanan and Tantum Collins<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Limits of the American Way of AI: A Conversation with Ben Buchanan\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tech High Ground\u201d by Jake Sullivan<\/p>\n

\u201cIs America Losing the High Ground? A Conversation with Jake Sullivan\u201d<\/p>\n

This episode of The Foreign Affairs Interview<\/em> was produced by Ben Metzner and Kanishk Tharoor, with audio engineering by Christopher Koch and original music by Robin Hilton. Special thanks to Irina Hogan.<\/p>\n

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