Artificial intelligence arms race between the United States and China
Subject in Politics
Artificial intelligence arms race between the United States and China has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Ezra Klein Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
David RobinsonFormer OpenAI safety-team writer who led system card documentation; Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law graduate and founder of the civil rights nonprofit Upturn
Robinson believes rapid AI change could make U.S.-China cooperation on AI politically plausible.
“I think the changes in what's happening can drive big changes fast in what seems politically plausible”
The Ezra Klein Show: ‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit. (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 56:57
Robinson distinguishes national-security reasons for dangerous development from merely commercial competition.
“if we need to train these models because there's international balance of power, because Americans won't be safe unless we do, that's one kind of reason to do something dangerous”
The Ezra Klein Show: ‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit. (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 54:39
Podcasts
- The Ezra Klein Show · 1 episode
Episodes
‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Ezra Klein interviews former OpenAI safety writer David Robinson about why he quit, arguing the AI industry lacks the safety culture its increasingly dangerous models demand.