The US president will greet his Chinese counterpart at the start of a state visit later today. The two leaders will hold talks in Washington, DC tomorrow during which artificial intelligence is expected to be high on the agenda. Despite weeks of warnings about the devastation AI could cause to humankind, the two countries are locked in a battle for global domination of the technology. Could Donald Trump and Xi Jinping stop the escalation?

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Guest: Rana Mitter, professor of US-Asia relations, Harvard Kennedy School.

Host: Luke Jones.

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AI might kill us: could Trump and Xi stop it?

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AI might kill us: could Trump and Xi stop it?