On Wednesday 21 October, the House of Lords
International Relations and Defence Committee will hold an
evidence session which will seek to understand Chinese policy
approaches towards multilateral AI governance.
The session will start at 11.00am and can be watched live
or on demand at Parliament
TV or in person inCommittee Room 2, Palace
of Westminster.
Giving evidence will be:
-
Matt Sheehan, Senior fellow, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace; and
-
Kayla Blomquist, Co-Founder Director, Oxford
China Policy Lab.
Questions will include:
- Can you give us a sense of the general Chinese approach to
the development and adoption of AI technology? How does the
Chinese state approach this novel technology in terms of
philosophy, economic development and regulation?
- When it comes to the development of Artificial Intelligence,
how does China size up to the United States? And can we
understand US-China dynamics on AI as an arms race or new Cold
War?
- What do you see as the key factors that will drive or impede
China's multilateral engagement on AI in the coming years? And in
which specific areas (eg. safety, arms control, technical
standardisation) can we expect to see China most active?
- Which states, if any, is China looking to partner with when
it comes to AI development and regulation? Does it have a clear
sense of friend and foe when it comes to this emerging
technology?
- How should the UK position itself between the US and China in
this emerging technological competition? And does the UK
Government possess a coherent policy when it comes to engagement
with China on AI and other emerging technologies?
