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The Economist connects international politics with the economic, technological and social questions behind the headlines. Its episode selection ranges from the relationship between China and America…
The Economist connects international politics with the economic, technological and social questions behind the headlines. Its episode selection ranges from the relationship between China and America to changing warfare, energy policy and the influence of AI. Questions about workplace behaviour and teenagers' abilities broaden the perspective, placing individual and social change alongside the decisions of governments and companies.
Interviews provide one route into these subjects. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt discusses how Russia and Ukraine are changing warfare, while Kevin Rudd addresses both the risks of the China-US AI race and Chinese perceptions of America. Other conversations bring in diplomatic and government perspectives on European security and energy. The emphasis is on examining a question through a particular speaker's analysis, with titles that make the point of debate explicit.
Technology is considered in several different contexts. An episode asks whether readers can recognise AI-written prose, while another raises questions about financing arrangements involving Nvidia. The selection also examines America's approach to the Middle East, connecting present arguments with questions about the strategy behind policy. Viewers interested in world affairs can move between interviews and focused explanatory pieces rather than following a single national news agenda. The channel suits people who want to see how security, business and social developments affect one another, and who enjoy an issue being framed as a question to investigate rather than simply a sequence of events.
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“Russia and Ukraine are inventing the future of war”: former Google CEO Eric Schmidt | The Economist
Eric Schmidt, having spent a decade as the CEO and chairman of Google, is widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern Silicon Valley. He’s long been called upon for his national-security nous…
Eric Schmidt, having spent a decade as the CEO and chairman of Google, is widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern Silicon Valley. He’s long been called upon for his national-security nous, too. Today, he combines both areas of expertise in his defence-tech work. He founded a drone company and has become one of the most influential foreign participants in Ukraine’s military-tech capability.
Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, spoke to Mr Schmidt in Kyiv to discuss what changes he’s seen on Ukraine’s front line, America’s tech race with China, and how AI stands to change war—and the world—for good.
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00:00 - The view from Kyiv
01:39 - The pace of Russian innovation
09:45 - AI on the battlefield
21:41 - Can the American military keep up?
28:00 - The race with China
36:50 - Reasons for optimism
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