Funding of this workshop provided in part by The Henry Luce Foundation
| Producer | 1990 Institute |
| Overview |
In this webinar, we’ll examine the societal, ethical, and geopolitical dimensions of artificial intelligence technology. Our aim is to lay the groundwork for modern digital literacy, including empowering educators to teach it with clarity and confidence. This session is designed for everyone interested in becoming a more informed global citizen in this rapidly evolving digital age. This webinar is open to all audiences, with a segment at the end devoted to high school educators teaching contemporary history, economics, technology and social studies. |
| Publish Date | November 18, 2025, Updated January 8, 2026 |
| Teaching Tools & Lesson Plans |
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, UNESCO AI Policy Guidance for Schools: A TeachAI Toolkit, Oct 2023, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) AI literacy should be a basic component of every student’s education, AI Education Project (aiEDU) State AI Guidance for K12 Schools, AI for Education Day of AI Curriculum, Day of AI Navigating Responsible AI in Education, by Sarah Mathias, Oct 17, 2024, Association of California School Administrators Teach students to use GenAI responsibly, KQED Teach Artificial Intelligence Teaching Guide, Stanford Teaching Commons Find your place in the AI safety ecosystem, AI safety Classroom-Ready Resources About AI For Teaching (CRAFT), Stanford Graduate School of Education and Institute for Human-Centered AI |
| Reference Materials |
Read: A roadmap for a US-China AI dialogue, by Graham Webster and Ryan Hass, Jan 10, 2024, Brookings Institution How China Views AI Risks and What to do About Them, by Matt Sheehan and Scott Singer, Oct 16, 2025, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace How China Thinks About AI Safety, by Alex Colville and Matt Sheehan, Sep 19, 2024, China Media Project The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China, by Thomas L. Friedman, Sep 2, 2025, New York Times, Herald/Review Media U.S.-China AI Competition In The Spotlight, by Alden Abbott, July 29, 2025, Forbes Forum: Xi’s Message to the Politburo on AI, by Kristy Loke, Paul Triolo, Helen Toner, Johanna Costigan, Scott Singer, Gabriel Wagner, Jason Zhou, and Kevin Neville, April 30, 2025, Stanford Cyber Policy Center China’s Evolving Industrial Policy for AI, by Kyle Chan, Gregory Smith, Jimmy Goodrich, Gerard DiPippo, and Konstantin F. Pilz, June 26, 2025, RAND ‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China, by Chang Che, Sep 16, 2025, Guardian Reading between the lines of the dueling US and Chinese AI action plans, August 7, 2025, Atlantic Council Ethical Data Analysis: Avoiding Bias and Ensuring Fairness, by Iván Palomares Carrascosa, May 19, 2025, Statology Bias in AI, Chapman University, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub ChinaTalk, subsegment on US-China Which countries are leading in AI?, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) How Huawei’s Ascend AI chips outperform Nvidia processors in running DeepSeek’s R1 model, by Wency Chen, June 19, 2025, South China Morning Post When Tariffs Drew Borders, AI Built Bridges — Now Worth $680 Billion and Rising, Oct 25, 2025, WorkOptional AI Huawei to Double Output of AI Chip as Nvidia Wavers in China, by Yuan Gao, Sep 30, 2025, Bloomberg The China-US AI Race Enters a New (and More Dangerous) Phase, by Marina Yue Zhang, May 16, 2025, The Diplomat Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Military-Civil Fusion: How the PLA Mobilizes Civilian AI for Strategic Advantage, by Cole McFaul, Sam Bresnick, and Daniel Chou, Sep 2025, Center for Security and Emerging Technology China is starting to talk about AI superintelligence, and some in the U.S. are taking notice, by Jared Perlo, Oct 4, 2025, NBC News China, the United States, and the AI Race, by Michael Froman, Oct 10, 2025, Council on Foreign Relations How will AI influence US-China relations in the next 5 years?, by R. David Edelman, Diana Fu, Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Ying Lin, Yingyi Ma, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Melanie W. Sisson, Elham Tabassi, and Nicol Turner Lee, June 18, 2025, Brookings Institution Listen How China is using AI in the classroom?, Sept 18, 2025, The Take by Al Jazeera Podcast: Contrasting AI Action Plans from US, China, by Graham Webster, Aug 4, 2025, Here it Comes Tarun Chhabra on the Stakes of AI Competition, Oct 16, 2025, ChinaTalk Sihao Huang on navigating the geopolitics of US–China AI competition, by Luisa Rodriguez and Keiran Harris, July 18th, 2024, 80,000 Hours Why is China’s AI Sector Booming?, Sep 12, 2025, Center for Strategic & International Studies, The AI Policy Podcast Mapping Chinese AI Regulation with Matt Sheehan, April 2, 2025, The AI Policy Podcast The Nvidia Way w/ Tae Kim | Jensen Huang, The Future of AI, & DeepSeek (TIP704), Mar 7, 2025, We Study Billionaires Tom Friedman’s A.I. Nightmare and What the U.S. Can Do to Avoid It, Sep 3, 2025, The Opinions podcast Watch U.S.-China Artificial Intelligence Competition: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Ding, March 28, 2025, ChinaPower Podcast US-China AI race: Dueling strategies and potential risks | ask ian, Oct 8, 2025, GZERO Media In the Age of AI (full documentary), Dec 3, 2019, FRONTLINE PBS Is China’s DeepSeek the end of Nvidia’s AI dominance?, Feb 5, 2025, South China Morning Post Showcase: The US–China AI Race: Open Source, Power, and the Battle for Global Influence, Aug 12, 2025, GAI Insights: Daily AI News & Learning Lab Alvin Graylin: The Realities of the U.S.-China AI Arms Race, April 21, 2025, Stanford Digital Economy Lab Seeing the Other China: AI in China Beyond Chips and DeepSeek, Nov 4, 2025, Asia Society “Godfather of AI” has new warning about artificial intelligence: “You should worry”, April 26, 2025, CBS News |
| Recommendation |
List of books, films, or music related to the subject matter(longer form materials) Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China’s Countryside, by Xiaowei Wang, 2020 High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, by Angela Huyue Zhang, 2024 |