Keeping Humans in Command: Policy Debate Over Catastrophic AI Risk and U.S. Innovation

A year ago, the inaugural LBJ Business Policy Forum asked what it would take for America to win the global AI race. In just 12 months, the frontier has moved so rapidly that the question is no longer simply how fast we can go — but how we ensure humans remain in command of where AI takes us. When one of the world's leading AI companies warns investors of potential "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," serious public policy can no longer rest on self-regulation alone.

Speakers:

• Seth Center, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University; Former Acting Special Envoy for Critical & Emerging Technologies at the U.S. Department of State
• Min Kyung Lee, Assistant Professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin; Director, Human-AI Interaction Lab
• Peter Stone, Head of the School of Computing, University of Texas at Austin; Chief Scientist, Sony AI
• Dilawar Syed, Faculty member, LBJ School of Public Affairs and McCombs School of Business