What does China’s AI revolution look like from inside? | The Global Story

China's President Xi Jinping returns to the White House on Thursday for the first time in over a decade.

A priority for both leaders will be to discuss AI. The two countries are currently locked in a fierce competition for AI dominance, amid dire warnings from US tech executives in recent weeks that the speed of AI development needs to be slowed, as the risks to humanity are too great.

President Trump has rejected those calls for a slowdown or suggestions of regulation, in part because of his concerns that China will overtake the US in AI development.

In this episode we speak to the BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker who tells us what China’s AI revolution looks from inside the country. And we ask how this issue is changing the power dynamics between the US and China.

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Inside China’s AI boom
06:00 What do Chinese people think of AI?
10:06 How China is preparing for an AI future
14:13 Why China doesn’t want to slow down AI
16:38 What does China want from the US?
19:50 The battle over AI chips
23:20 AI, trade and Taiwan
25:13 How AI is shifting US-China power
26:45 Outro