As the two world leaders in AI development and adoption, the United States and China are each operating under assumptions that justify ever-faster progress, regardless of the risks. The current thinking is not unlike the rationale once given for Stalinist brutality in the name of rapid modernization.
PRINCETON—The summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes at a time when both are gambling everything on AI—or “superintelligence,” as Trump now insists on calling it. Both leaders, viewing the technology as the key to economic, political, and military dominance, are trapped in a dangerous zero-sum logic.
PRINCETON—The summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes at a time when both are gambling everything on AI—or “superintelligence,” as Trump now insists on calling it. Both leaders, viewing the technology as the key to economic, political, and military dominance, are trapped in a dangerous zero-sum logic.