# In an interview, Professor Amy Webb addresses the significance of the gap between the US and China on AI, from her book, "The Big Nine"

1 Faculty News April 9, 2019 ![Fortune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031172.jpg?itok=61CxYB-R)>

Excerpt from [Fortune](http://fortune.com/2019/04/09/eye-on-ai-china-artificial-intelligence/?xid=gn_editorspicks) -- "'I think democracy is at stake—I’m not joking,' [Webb](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-webb) says. 'I think our way of living is at stake and the future of how we do business globally is at stake.'"

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