What do Herbert Simon, Alan Turing, and Geoffrey Hinton have in common? They were (or still  are in the case of Hinton) renowned scientists, focused on abstract theoretical research that had little or no immediate commercial payback. And yet without Simon’s work on...

There’s not a day that goes by when there isn't another breathless story about AI and the threat China poses in dominating this revolutionary breakthrough.  Call me dense, but I must confess to having a hard time figuring out why the world is so aghast over China’s...

This final installment of “Imagining Engagement” is intended to be a reality check.  I started out focusing on what an ideal US-China re-engagement might look like (Part I: Defining the Goal). That was followed by an assessment of benefits, what could be gained by a...