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# Paul Scharre


## Paul Scharre


Scharre is vice president and director of studies at CNAS and the author of [_Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence._](https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393866865#!)


## Paul Scharre


* ![President Donald Trump Speaks About AI](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f59801a1b5860ed/6998c43047fe51b31055b71e/Donald-Trump-Speaks-AI.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 20, 2025  
### [How Trump Could Protect America's AI Advantage](https://time.com/7259911/trump-cuts-ai-policy-protect-americas-advantage/)  
Rather than entirely gut the AI Safety Institute, President Trump should instead refocus its talents...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Female engineer inspecting wafer chip in laboratory](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbda16b1931a1aaad/698a5ae49862f56035896248/GettyImages-1354885833.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2024  
### [Regulating AI Is Easier Than You Think](https://time.com/7021171/ai-regulation-chips/)  
Governments can control access to the highly specialized chips that are needed to train the world’s ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![4K USA Map](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb420ba8bd34a0a30/698a491016d8845c42c3d43b/GettyImages-1434383534.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2024  
### [American AI Regulation](https://time.com/6848922/ai-regulation/)  
The U.S. must chart its own path on AI regulation.  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Alibaba Cloud AI Tongyi Qianwen](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05ea1a433efe2b9d/698a3c0e457a52d385d67812/GettyImages-1251458470.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 18, 2023  
### [To Stay Ahead of China in AI, the U.S. Needs to Work with China](https://time.com/6272400/us-china-ai-competition/)  
The U.S. is in a long-term technology competition with China, but pure decoupling is a weak strategy...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![IRAQ-CONFLICT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2994ea208c18c9b7/6988decd656a3fbed3bd1ca1/drone-drones-ai-artificial-intelligence-war-nuclear-weapons-automation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 25, 2017  
### [Why We Must Not Build Automated Weapons of War](https://time.com/4948633/robots-artificial-intelligence-war/)  
The world must keep 'killer robots' from forever changing how we fight  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  

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