China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | #281
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China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | #281
China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | #281

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The mates sit down with Alvin Graylin to discuss China’s AI strategy, the
escalating US-China AI race, realistic timelines for ASI, and whether the
industry is heading toward a $1.7 trillion AI bubble.
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Incomplete Strategy:
https://centerforchinaanalysis.asiasociety.org/p/misdiagnosing-the-uschina-ai-race
Beyond Rivalry: A US-China Policy Framework for the Age of Transformative AI:
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Highlights
Highlights
This episode brings together a wide-ranging discussion about the forces shaping the next phase of artificial intelligence. The conversation examines how national strategy, industrial capacity, safety concerns, and economic incentives are influencing the race toward increasingly capable systems.
Chapters
Chapters
Why the U.S.-China AI Race Could Reshape the World
00:00How China Is Building a Long-Term Path to Superintelligence
23:18Could Export Controls Be Accelerating China’s AI Progress?
42:07From Robotics to Jobs: China’s AI Strategy Meets the Future of Work
1:03:38AI’s Security Threats and the Social Cost of Automation
1:23:25When the AI Race Becomes a Strategic and Financial Gamble
1:44:36Why AI’s Future Depends on Cooperation, Infrastructure, and Ecosystems
1:56:38Transcript
Transcript
Salim Ismail: There seems to be a prevailing view around the campuses that ASI is, you know, five to ten years out, maybe even 20 years. And so I'm really curious what the prevailing view is in China.
Alvin Wang Graylin: They are not behaving like they be...
