Bernie Sanders invited two Chinese AI researchers to talk safety cooperation. Here is what they said.

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Lingling Wei reported exclusively in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that “the White House and the Chinese government are considering putting AI on the agenda for a summit next week in Beijing between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.”The report comes as Washington is debating whether AI safety can be discussed with China separately from the contest over technological leadership. Last Friday (April 30), U.S. Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders convened a Capitol Hill discussion on the risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence. The panel brought together Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDavid Krueger, Assistant Professor in Robust, Reasoning, and Responsible AI, University of MontrealXue Lan, Cheung Kong Chair Distinguished Professor, Dean of Schwarzman College, Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua Universityand Zeng Yi, Dean, Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governanceand argued that advanced AI should not be treated simply as another front in U.S.-China technological competition.Sanders and the invited experts framed AI safety as a global risk-management issue, comparable in some respects to nuclear weapons or pandemics. They argued that major AI powers, including the U.S. and China, should identify areas for co-operation on safety standards, technical protocols, and risk prevention.That framing, along with the inclusion of the two Chinese experts, quickly drew criticism in parts of the U.S. media and political establishment. Fox News said Sanders was…