{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What\u2019s the Plan for AI?","description":"Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to chat about the recently-released White House AI Action Plan. Should American AI policy be in pursuit of unchallenged dominance in the field? What kinds of investments and policy choices should the US government be making in order to accelerate AI innovation and deployment? Can the United States become one-stop-shopping for full-stack AI for our friends, in order to counter Chinese supremacy? Do Trump administration policies of the last six months contribute to us achieving our AI goals? Chris is unhappy with the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commission Erika McEntarfer, Zack compliments the CCP on getting the Trump administration to capitulate on its trade agenda, and Melanie calls out Senator Josh Hawley for his proposal to give $600 tariff rebate checks when the Trump tariffs are being advertised as a way to bring down the national debt. Show Links:   The White House, \u201cWinning the Race: America\u2019s AI Action Plan,\u201d July 2025.   Editorial Board, \u201cTrump\u2019s AI Action Plan is a Good Start\u2014but Only a Start,\u201d Washington Post, July 27, 2025.   Raffaele Huang and Liza Lin, \u201cHow China is Girding for an AI Battle With the US,\u201d Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   Mehdi Alhassani and Anthony Bak, \u201cAmerica is Winning the Wrong AI Race,\u201d Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   Aaron MacLean, \u201cA Warning to the Young: Just Say No to AI,\u201d Engelsberg Ideas, July 9, 2025.   Jeffrey Ding, \u201cThe Innovation Fallacy: In the US-Chinese Tech Race, Diffusion Matters More than Invention,\u201d Foreign Affairs, August 19, 2024.   \u201cHawley Introduces Legislation to Send Rebate Checks to Working Americans,\u201d July 28, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   Nevada Joan Lee and Christopher Preble, \u201cThe Quiet Demise of the Rio Treaty,\u201d Stimson Center, August 1, 2025.   Christopher Preble, \u201c80 Years with the Bomb: The Nuclear Age in Four Moments,\u201d Stimson Center, July 31, 2025.   The Editorial Board, \u201cThe Bureau of Labor Denial,\u201d Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2024.   Spencer Jakab, \u201cTrump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances,\u201d Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2025.   Power Problems, https:\/\/www.cato.org\/search\/category\/multimedia+power-problems   Blue Blaze, https:\/\/blueblaze.substack.com\/.   Support Stimson, https:\/\/www.stimson.org\/support\/.&amp;nbsp;   ","author_name":"Net Assessment","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/132282","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37717840\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/37717840"}