This book is for policy-makers navigating the digital transformation. Global governance is needed to mitigate the disproportionate risks of artificial intelligence but is in a state of deep crisis. Revisiting the era of telecommunication monopolies, this book argues that today’s return of sovereignty resembles the great reregulation, but of the entire digital economy. Breaking through the previous asymmetrical distribution of technology and institutional power, China threatens the United States’ technology hegemony. The task is to avert from the straitjacket of hyperdigitalization without causing new silos.
Author(s): Thorsten Jelinek
Series: SpringerBriefs in International Relations
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 100
City: Singapore
Foreword
Computer Software and Services
Technology Hardware
Challenges and Opportunities
Preface
Introduction
Contents
List of Figures
1 The Rise and Fall of the 20th Century Technology Silos
1.1 A Robust System of Telecommunications Monopolies
1.2 The Gradual Breaking up of Silos
1.3 Drivers of the Liberal Transformation
1.4 The Rise of Multistakeholderism
2 Breaking Through Post-colonial Dependencies
2.1 Western Hegemony in Telecommunications
2.2 China’s Rise as Leader in Mobile Communications
3 Technology Silos of Today or the End of Global Innovation
3.1 The Rise of Digital Sovereignty in the West
3.2 China’s Pursuit of Cyber Sovereignty
3.3 America’s Whole-of-Government Approach
3.4 Between Outright Ban of 5G and Raising Security Standards in Europe
3.5 Hard Decoupling of 6G Innovation
4 The Transformation of Our Time
4.1 The Governance of Responsible AI
4.1.1 The Changing Nature of Cyberphysical Threats
4.1.2 The Risk of Structural Imbalances
4.2 Tarrying with the AI Governance Gap
4.3 Widespread AI Adaptation Remains Inevitable
4.4 The Prospects of Intelligent Decarbonization
4.5 The Reverse Effect of Technology or Technology Determinism
5 Race to the Bottom
5.1 The Systemic Differences Between the West and China
5.2 Groping for the Way Forward in a New Era
5.3 No End of History in Sight
5.4 The Limits of the United States
5.5 China Can Still Catch up but Remains on Collision Course with the United States
6 Recommendations for Policymakers
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