我们需要一个战略框架，鼓励就优先事项做出明智决策，并最大限度地利用稀缺的政治资本--一种将绿色转型的经济、技术和政治联系在一起的战略，而不是从结论出发、倒着来的神奇思维。
我有幸在最近由多数党领袖查克-舒默（Chuck Schumer，民主党-纽约州）和参议员马丁-海因里希（Martin Heinrich，民主党-新墨西哥州）、托德-杨（Todd Young，共和党-印第安纳州）和迈克-罗兹（Mike Rounds，共和党-北达科他州）主持的美国参议院两党人工智能和就业问题听证会上发言。Martin Heinrich (D-NM)、Todd Young (R-IN) 和 Mike Rounds (R-ND)。我赞扬他们利用这种形式就人工智能和人工智能政策这一重要问题广泛征求意见。我很高兴能与来自劳工组织、商界、学术界和其他智囊团的意识形态多元化的代表们一起参加会议。
试图通过补贴、法规和劝告来强制采用清洁能源将失败。刺激绿色转型的唯一现实方法是开发清洁技术，使其在价格和性能上与脏技术不相上下。然后市场将大规模采用它们。
最近全球地缘政治环境的变化使有利于中国的长期经济转变（和积极行动）的弱点成为现实，这使中国在整个行业和供应链中拥有市场主导地位和贸易杠杆。未来是不确定的，澳大利亚、美国及其盟友必须做好准备。
Responding to a Wall Street Journal editorial Rob Atkinson wrote that the rationale for subsidizing domestic semiconductor fabrication was never to address chip shortages. It was to reduce dependency on Taiwan and potentially China. It’s time to realize that America is no longer a “seller” that can afford high corporate taxes, heavy regulation and no investment incentives. America is now a buyer—and, in the case of chips, a desperate one. If we want fabs here, government will have to help pay for them. .Read the letter to the editors.
Responding to a Wall Street Journal editorial (“The Bill for CHIPS Subsidies Comes Due,” Review & Outlook, Feb. 14), Rob Atkinson wrote that the rationale for subsidizing domestic semiconductor fabrication was never to address chip shortages. It was to reduce dependency on Taiwan and potentially China. It’s time to realize that America is no longer a “seller” that can afford high corporate taxes, heavy regulation and no investment incentives. America is now a buyer—and, in the case of chips, a desperate one. If we want fabs here, government will have to help pay for them. Read the letter to the editors.
In the last few years, a growing movement has advocated “responsible” technology development and use, particularly for artificial intelligence. But as Rob Atkinson writes in The Korea Times, it’s not clear why developing AI-related products is any different than developing vacuum cleaners and cars. We relied mostly on market forces for companies to produce products that were responsible, because if they did not, they would lose market share. The problem is that many of calls for “responsible” technology go beyond statements of generally agreed-upon principles to advocate for specific, elitist values and agendas. Read the column.
In the last few years, a growing movement has advocated “responsible” technology development and use, particularly for artificial intelligence. But as Rob Atkinson writes in The Korea Times, it’s not clear why developing AI-related products is any different than developing vacuum cleaners and cars. We relied mostly on market forces for companies to produce products that were responsible, because if they did not, they would lose market share. The problem is that many of calls for “responsible” technology go beyond statements of generally agreed-upon principles to advocate for specific, elitist values and agendas. Read the column.
For many years Korea had the honor of leading the world in industrial robot adoption (as share of industrial workers). But as Rob Atkinson notes in a column for The Korea Times, that lead is now in doubt, as other nations, especially China, but also Japan and the United States, saw much faster increases in robot adoption in 2021, according to the International Federation of Robotics. Losing the race of robot adoption means relatively slower growth in Korea’s living standards and reduced international competitiveness, especially against China, a country where industrial wages are about one-third of Korea’s, but where robot growth was 25 times higher. At that rate, Korea will be competing against companies in China that are highly productive but have much lower wages, a deadly combination when it comes to the competitiveness of Korean firms. Read the column.
For many years Korea had the honor of leading the world in industrial robot adoption (as share of industrial workers). But as Rob Atkinson notes in a column for The Korea Times, that lead is now in doubt, as other nations, especially China, but also Japan and the United States, saw much faster increases in robot adoption in 2021, according to the International Federation of Robotics. Losing the race of robot adoption means relatively slower growth in Korea’s living standards and reduced international competitiveness, especially against China, a country where industrial wages are about one-third of Korea’s, but where robot growth was 25 times higher. At that rate, Korea will be competing against companies in China that are highly productive but have much lower wages, a deadly combination when it comes to the competitiveness of Korean firms. Read the column.
