Isaac Saul
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4,349 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
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Isaac Saul’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's all a very odd spectacle given Trump's history of hardline positions on China.
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Number six, at the intersection of the UN Assembly and Trump's summit with China is the topic of AI.
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The US and China are in a technological arms race, which American AI leaders have used to justify plowing forward with development despite their own concern that AI could upend or destroy life.
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It's fascinating to be reminded of how China views this technology.
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They aren't worried about an AI takeover, wiping out all of humanity or even destroying the economy.
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In fact, it seeks to integrate AI into nearly every facet of its economy.
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China has so much control at the state level that it believes it can switch off the power grid and haul in AI developers if things ever get dicey.
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Instead, China's mainly concerned about AI shaping domestic opinion and turning its population against the regime.
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We are, simply put, chasing the same goals, AI development with very different fears.
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And finally, number seven.
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To the degree the UN assembly or state visits like this offer any value, I think they serve as mile markers to reflect on the state of global geopolitics.
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Trump started his remarks at the UN by saying a lot has happened in the last year, which may have been the understatement of the week.
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He then gave Xi the distinct honor of a state dinner.
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In the midst of a trade war and the push and pull of so many foreign conflicts, I'll be curious to look back on that dinner in a year and see if it changed the trajectory of our relationship with China.
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I'm inclined to view these events as more theater than anything else, but sometimes a few hours of in-person private communication between world leaders really can change the shape of history.
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All right, that is it for my take.
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I'm gonna hand it over to Isaac Wood, who is answering today's listener question.
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Our executive editor and founder is me, Isaac Saul, and our executive producer is John Wall.
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Today's episode was edited and engineered by Dewey Thomas.
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Our editorial staff is led by managing editor Ari Weitzman with senior editor Will Kback and associate editors Audrey Moorhead, Bailey Saul.
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