Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs presents

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VARIANTS OF CAPITALISM: HOW AI PLAYS OUT DIFFERENTLY IN US, EU AND CHINA

As we are moving beyond America’s long-standing global hegemony towards a more multi-polar world, we must recognize that its three power centers - the United States, the European Union, and China- - have developed distinctly different “mixed economy” models of capitalism. The United States continues its neo-liberal “small government” model, with minor adjustments on the margin. The European Union, an experiment in steadily growing levels of economic and political integration, uses regulatory reform as a vehicle for its piecemeal construction of a supra-national governance structure. China’s “Socialism with Chinese characteristics” under Xi pursues a state-administered capitalism, combining highly regulated markets and firms with a surveillance state. These three models have also led to very distinct digital economies, each with its own unique set of market structures, cultural contexts, and regulatory constraints shaping the local internet. Already at this early stage of its own life cycle, artificial intelligence is being approached very differently in America, Europe or China. These differences will surely also shape how AI plays out in each of these three entities across a large swath of applications.

Panelists:

Carolyn M. Dudek, Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science; and Director of European Studies
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor of Global Studies and Geography
Moderator: Robert Guttmann, Professor of Economics, and European Studies

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
4:20-5:45 pm
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, South Campus

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