We can't let China become the global leader in artificial intelligence - Charles Jennings

[TomSea]

We can't let China become the global leader in artificial intelligence
Charles Jennings

We can't let China become the global leader in artificial intelligence

A doctor examines an image during the CHAIN Cup, the world's first competition in neuroimaging between AI and human experts, in Beijing on June 30, 2018. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press)

This July marks the 50th anniversary of an audacious technological achievement: Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. Since that moment, the United States has been the undisputed leader in all things high-tech.

But America’s dominance could be coming to an end. China aspires to be No. 1, and may very well get there.

American leaders are taking notice. A committee headed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) recently released a report stating that Made in China 2025, the high-tech industrial plan Beijing announced a few years ago, is not just breaking the rules, but trying to reset them according to a Chinese agenda. Seven Democratic senators petitioned President Trump last month, urging him to hang tough with China on intellectual property and other major tech issues.

Read more at: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jennings-china-artificial-intelligence-20190304-story.html

[Free Vulcan]

If that's what it takes to keep up with China, I'll pass.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

So China's building Skynet, and this writer sums up with a plea for us to make our version of it kind and compassionate.

Through Govt regulations.

The stupid never stops.