The AI Trilemma + Open-Weight Proliferation + the “Singularity Delusion”
In this episode, The Spillover’s Sebastian Mallaby is hosted by Dan Kurtz-Phelan, editor of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the “AI trilemma”—the challenge U.S. policymakers face in encouraging enough innovation to stay ahead of China while addressing public anxiety about AI. Drawing on Mallaby’s recent Foreign Affairs essay and his new book, The Infinity Machine, this episode explores the stakes of the AI race and how its trajectory will reshape economies, societies, and global politics.
Host:
Dan Kurtz-Phelan, Editor, Foreign Affairs
Guest:
Sebastian Mallaby, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for…
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