The AI Race Reconsidered with Alondra Nelson [The China Debate We're Not Having, Fireside Chat]
On Friday, April 3, 2026, the Johns Hopkins Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) hosted The China Debate We’re Not Having: Politics, Technology, and the Road Ahead, a public convening that ran from 10:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, D.C. The final session, this fireside chat with Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study), was titled "The AI Race Reconsidered" and was moderated by Henry Farrell (Johns Hopkins SAIS).
▶︎
Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Ignorance, and Power – Alondra Nelson | IASEAI '26
▶︎
FULL DISCUSSION: Google's Demis Hassabis, Anthropic's Dario Amodei Debate the World After AGI | AI1G
▶︎
Yuval Noah Harari on Donald Trump’s Core Delusion | The Ezra Klein Show
▶︎
Trump Sends Vance to Concede to Iran & Reflecting Pool Is Filled with Corruption | The Daily Show
![What China Wants [The China Debate We're Not Having, Session 1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vzFj29Zpp_M/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCNACELwBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLBUzqnKbuhHWZCEqR3DAc-Wr32V0g)
▶︎
What China Wants [The China Debate We're Not Having, Session 1]
▶︎
Keynote: After the AI Hype – What’s Real, and What’s Next - Richard Campbell - 2026
▶︎
Exposing the LIES of the 20th Century | Aaron Bastani Meets Tariq Ali
▶︎
Anthony Scaramucci on Trump, MAGA and the US Midterms | The Mishal Husain Show
▶︎
Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced
▶︎
Inside Anthropic, the $965 Billion AI Juggernaut | The Circuit
![Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future [The China Debate We're Not Having, Session 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KxCeLFYcMyk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEjCNACELwBSFryq4qpAxUIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAE=&rs=AOn4CLB13uq6FNjYiR3AkLLwbYzxy4pvpg)
▶︎
Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future [The China Debate We're Not Having, Session 3]
▶︎
The U.S. and China Are Not In An A.I. Race | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
▶︎
Does the Future Belong to China? | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
▶︎
AI Was Never About Helping You | Cory Doctorow
▶︎
Tom Hanks' HILARIOUS Harvard Speech Leaves Audience in Splits: “I Make a Good Living...” | REPLUG
▶︎
Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores? | The Ezra Klein Show
▶︎
Britain Sold Palestine to Pay Its WWI Debt. The Balfour Declaration Was a Banking Deal!
▶︎
The United States, China, and the Future of the Global Order
▶︎
Inside the Mind of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei | The Circuit | Extended Interview
▶︎