In this episode of Hearsay Culture, Dave Levine speaks with Doni Bloomfield about his forthcoming article (with Jeff Gordon), The New Export Control Equlibrium, and why export controls — one of the trade levers used by nations to protect their domestic industries — have become one of the most important but least understood tools shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI). Bloomfield explains (remarkably clearly, even (or especially) if you know nothing about export controls) how restrictions on advanced AI chips, semiconductor manufacturing, and global technology supply chains influence the competition between the United States and China, while arguing that […]
