China’s AI strategy, its view on an AI race, and US–China relations over AI

Note: The Moonshot team has the most unconditionally optimistic take on anything in technology of any of the podcasts I follow regularly. (In particular when it comes to anything that Elon Musk does.) The team’s view of how the humanity will populate the galaxy in the next quarter (slight exaggeration) gets a bit in the way in this episode, but it is well worth listening to Alvin.

• Episode title: Is Sweden flunking at AI?

• Podcast: Moonshots

• Release date: 2026-08-18

• Knowledge level: Some knowledge about China and the US from an AI perspective is useful when listening to this episode.

• Links: Pocket Casts | Spotify | YouTube

I listen to some 20 podcast episodes each week, and share the most valuable ones here on AI Podcast Picks. This is one of those episodes. A full list of AI related podcasts that I follow can be found here. Se the Falk AI Substack for my writings on AI.