Judging by most of the media coverage of the global AI "race," the United States and China are the two dominant players, and every other country and organization is at risk of being left behind. The reality is far more complex—and not nearly as bleak.
WASHINGTON, DC—In The Three-Arched Bridge, the novelist Ismail Kadare tells the story of a bridge being built in medieval Arbëria (modern-day Albania, Kadare’s homeland) just as the Byzantine Empire is giving way to the Ottomans. The bridge is exceedingly difficult to build and equally difficult to cross. With every week bringing new headlines about the fierce rivalry between American and Chinese AI developers, Kadare’s bridge is an apt metaphor for today’s global AI governance.
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