The Washington Roundtable Live: Can D.C. Get a Grip on A.I.?

The Washington Roundtable Live: Can D.C. Get a Grip on A.I.? With Xi Jinping visiting Washington for a major summit, American politicians are deeply divided over how to approach potential regulation of artificial intelligence. The Washington Roundtable travels to Madison, Wisconsin, for a conversation about the politics of artificial intelligence before a live audience at the Cap Times Idea Fest. The group discusses the stakes of Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, D.C.; the potential for coöperation between the U.S. and China on A.I., which the staff writer Evan Osnos likens to "private nuclear weapons"; and whether American policymakers can even agree among themselves on how to approach regulating the technology. "The executive branch is approaching this not as an existential-level threat to our society," the staff writer Susan B. Glasser says, "but as a pot of gold that our wealthy business leaders, and presumably the politicians who support them, win if they get to the end of the race first." " Is A.I. Above the Law?