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What the Trump Administration Gets Right about AI Policy Apr 14, 2025

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There’s a lot to criticize about US AI policy, but what has the administration been getting right? Senior VP of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation Doug Calidas joins David Rothkopf to break down the Trump administration’s industrial and AI policies, the role of tariffs, and more.

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The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies: Part 2 Apr 04, 2025

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Welcome to part 2 of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology Review, brings together some of the leading voices in AI policy from the public and private sectors to role-play these complex issues. These AI leaders play roles in the US, China, and The EU, and enact policies that best align with their roles interests in the AI space. This episode contains the second and final phase of the game. We hope you enjoy this insightful episode.

Our Players:

US Government Players
White House (NSA, AI & Crypto Czar, Assistant to Pres. For S&T) - Doug Calidas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI)
Government research institutions (funding) - Stephen Ezell
Standards and governance (NIST, DOS, etc.) - Vivek Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley
Regulatory and trade (DOS, Treasury, etc.) - Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and GWU professor
Department of Defense- Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Commerce Department - Anupam Chander, Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Intel Community and Cyber Defense - David Mussington, professor of the practice the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and currently serves as the CISA Executive Assistant Director
Congress/State Department - Cameron Kelly, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutution
China players
Central Military Committee representatives - Rohit Talwar, founder of FastFuture
Intelligence and cyber - Daniel Richardson, President of Indepth Global AI
Public/Private Industry - Sarah Myers West, co-director at AI Now
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)/Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT) - David Lin, Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)
European Union
Governance- Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute
Military/Security - Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at New America
Regulatory - Michelle Nie, EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute
Industrial and research policy - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council
Intelligence Agencies - Rumman Chowdhury, scientist, entrepreneur, and former responsible artificial intelligence lead at Accenture
Civil Society
Large players (ChatGPT, META, Amazon, Microsoft) - Cody Buntain, Assistant Professor; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster
Medium players - Ramayya Krishnan, Dean, Heinz College Of Information Systems And Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Open-source communities - Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park
Advocacy Organizations - David Goldston, Director MIT Washington Office
Legal Community - Kahaan Mehta, Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Universities and academia
Large universities - Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law
Smaller schools - Anand Patwardhan, professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
Medium Universities - Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review
Government laboratories (Defense, DOE, etc.) - Emily M. Bender, University of Washington Professor

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The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies: Part 1 Mar 28, 2025

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Welcome to a very different episode of Siliconsciousness. Today, we are taking a creative new approach to discussing the future of AI. This episode comprises the first part of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology Review, brings together some of the leading voices in AI policy from the public and private sectors to role-play these complex issues. These AI leaders play roles in the US, China, and The EU, and enact policies that best align with their roles interests in the AI space. This first episode contains the first phase of the game, as well as introductions from the editor in chief of MIT Technology Review Mat Honan as well as game controller Ed McGrady. We hope you enjoy.

Our Players:

US Government Players
Doug Calidas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI)
Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation
Vivek Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley
Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and GWU professor
Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Anupam Chander, Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
David Mussington, professor of the practice the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and currently serves as the CISA Executive Assistant Director
Cameron Kelly, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutution
China players
Rohit Talwar, founder of FastFuture
Daniel Richardson, President of Indepth Global AI
Sarah Myers West, co-director at AI Now
David Lin, Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)
European Union
Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute
Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at New America
Michelle Nie, EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute
David Goldston, Director MIT Washington Office
Rumman Chowdhury, scientist, entrepreneur, and former responsible artificial intelligence lead at Accenture
Civil Society
Cody Buntain, Assistant Professor; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster
Ramayya Krishnan, Dean, Heinz College Of Information Systems And Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park
David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council
Kahaan Mehta, Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Universities and academia
Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law
Anand Patwardhan, professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review
Emily M. Bender, University of Washington Professor

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Surveying the AI Investment Landscape Mar 21, 2025

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AI development has increased rapidly in the last year in large part due to increasing investments from the private sector. But how do investors cut through the hype and invest in projects that really matter? Co-founder of AIX Ventures Shaun Johnson joins David Rothkopf to share insights on AI’s potential in healthcare, construction, business, and more.

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Can the US Maintain Its Edge in AI? Mar 14, 2025

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Both the Biden and Trump administrations have focused on keeping the US’s competitive edge in AI. But can we really keep our edge forever, or is DeepSeek just the first sign that China is catching up — and fast? Host of The AI Policy Podcast Gregory Allen joins David Rothkopf to break down the global race for AI dominance.

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Introducing a Bold New Idea: AI Realism Mar 04, 2025

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It’s time to get real about AI. The conversations around artificial intelligence and AGI is rife with both hype and negativity — so where does the truth lie? Award-winning journalist Karen Hao joins David Rothkopf to discuss the real implications of artificial intelligence and why we need to take a hard look at the players driving innovation.

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MIT Nobel Prize-Winner Daron Acemoglu on AI, Growth, Jobs & Inequality Feb 19, 2025

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Is artificial intelligence going to put us all out of work? There have been a range of predictions about the economic impact of AI, ranging from the modest to the fantastical. Nobel Prize-winning MIT professor Daron Acemoglu joins David Rothkopf to get to bottom of what we can really expect out of the AI revolution.

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Rethinking the Way We Think About How We Think Feb 14, 2025

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To take AI to the next level, do we need to rethink the way we think about how we think? Chief AI Officer of WPP and CEO of Satalia Dr. Daniel Hulme joins David Rothkopf to discuss the ways our current models are sorely lacking and why we need a more creative approach towards artificial intelligence and why we should place more of a focus on developing moral AI.

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At the Crossroads of AI, Trade, and International Policy Feb 03, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence doesn’t just impact Silicon Valley tech bros and college students trying to write a paper at the last minute. It has broad implications for industry, trade, international policy, and beyond. Dr. Susan Ariel Aaronson joins David Rothkopf to break down the missteps of the Biden and Trump administrations’ handling of AI and why international cooperation is the only way to create artificial intelligence that benefits everyone.

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DeepShock: Tech & Political Disruptions Changing Our Views of AI in Real Time Jan 27, 2025

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The rapid rise of DeepSeek has sent shock waves throughout the tech community. The app challenges our notions of US dominance in the AI sector, but what are the broad implications of greater global competition in the AI space? UC San Diego professor David Danks joins David Rothkopf to discuss this breaking issue as well as the broader philosophical conversations that need to happen on AI.

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