Can Trump and Xi cooperate to guide humanity through the AI revolution? Humanity might depend on it | Alan Finkel
It is powerful, helping us as individuals to plan our travel, book our gym classes and order takeaway food, while at the institutional level it is boosting the efficiency of businesses and bureaucracies. In academia it is providing stunning breakthroughs in mathematics that have eluded the best theoretical mathematicians for decades. In the sense that AI is widely available and can do a lot of good, it is like medicines, electricity and road vehicles.
- ▪It is powerful, helping us as individuals to plan our travel, book our gym classes and order takeaway food, while at the institutional level it is boosting the efficiency of businesses and bureaucracies.
- ▪In academia it is providing stunning breakthroughs in mathematics that have eluded the best theoretical mathematicians for decades.
- ▪In the sense that AI is widely available and can do a lot of good, it is like medicines, electricity and road vehicles.
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‘Imagine if Trump and Xi could agree that for the sake of the human race, the US and China will collaborate on an international agreement to regulate the AI industry.’ Photograph: Kenny Holston/ReutersView image in fullscreen‘Imagine if Trump and Xi could agree that for the sake of the human race, the US and China will collaborate on an international agreement to regulate the AI industry.’ Photograph: Kenny Holston/ReutersOpinionAI (artificial intelligence)Can Trump and Xi cooperate to guide humanity through the AI revolution? Humanity might depend on itAlan FinkelThe CEOs of tech firms issue stark warnings over the rate of change, with AI capability doubling every four monthsSun 20 Sep 2026 18.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 20 Sep 2026 18.08 EDTShareRecently, Jacob Coxon, a researcher at…
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