Seminar: China芒鈧劉s push into Artificial Intelligence

April 11, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Honolulu Campus, 1601 East-West Road, John A. Burns Hall, Room 3121/3125 (3rd floor)

China faces a huge gap between its exploding data pool and its capacity for data analysis. This talk reviews China芒鈧劉s AI strategy and key stakeholders in China芒鈧劉s AI industry and provides a bird芒鈧劉s-eye view of China芒鈧劉s perceived AI strengths and weaknesses. Dr. Ernst will argue that China芒鈧劉s push into AI has made progress, but China continues to lag behind the US in world-leading AI research and technology. China thus needs international cooperation as a source of technology and of best-practice data governance. In turn, the US needs access to China芒鈧劉s markets and its vast pool of AI talent. Zero-sum games thus are not a realistic option, neither for China nor for the US.

Dr. Dieter Ernst is Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation/CIGI (Waterloo, Canada) and East-West Center Adjunct Senior Fellow. He is an authority on trade, global production networks, the internationalization of research and development in high-tech industries, and innovation policies in the United States, China, India, Taiwan, Korea, and Malaysia. Dr. Ernst has provided testimony to the US Congress and served as a member of the National Academy芒鈧劉s 芒鈧揅ommittee on Global Approaches to Advanced Computing芒鈧; and advisor to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris.


Ticket Information
Free, open to the public

Event Sponsor
East-West Center, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Laurel Pikcunas, (808) 944-7444, pikcunal@eastwestcenter.org,

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