China and the US are Racing to Develop AI Weapons

James Johnson

China and the US are Racing to Develop AI Weapons

University of Leicester

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Abstract

When Google’s AlphaGo defeated the Chinese grandmaster at a game of Go in 2017, China was confronted with its own “Sputnik moment”: a prompt to up its game on the development of artifical intelligence (AI). Sure enough, Beijing is pursuing launch a national-level AI innovation agenda for “civil-military fusion”. It’s part of China’s ambitious quest to become a “science and technology superpower” – but also a new front in an increasingly worrisome arms race.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2018
Externally published	Yes

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James Johnson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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China and the US are Racing to Develop AI Weapons

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