US-China AI competition: Two scenarios for global leadership by 2028
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The threat of authoritarian AI
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The article discusses the global AI competition between the US and China, arguing that the US and its allies must stay ahead of authoritarian governments like the Chinese Communist Party. It warns that AI will soon become powerful enough to be used for mass repression and to alter the balance of power among nations. The paper emphasizes that there is a limited window of time to shape the conditions of this competition and determine whether these threats materialize.
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AI will soon become powerful enough to be used to repress citizens at unprecedented scale, and even to alter the balance of power among nations.
Since AI is advancing more quickly by the day, we have only a limited period of time to set the conditions of the competition—and determine whether and how those threats materialize.
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