EU’s “Softball” Approach to AI Will Lose to China’s “Hardball”

It is ironic that communist China seems to believe more in market-based competition than “democratic” socialist countries do, at least as far as AI is concerned.  

 

On the other hand, it is logical that elitists who know what’s best for others would be empowered to impose their will upon those who lack the fortitude to prevent them from doing so.  

 

As has been said, all that is required for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.  https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-top-10-misattributed-quotations-a7910361.html  Thus, the question is what those who believe in individual liberty might volunteer and cooperatively do together to uphold the values they avow, including, for example, living up to NATO commitments to joint defense against aggression.

 

For my part, I volunteer to render in open, standard, machine-readable StratML format any national AI strategy of which I become aware.

 

Owen

 

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Many in Europe dismiss the need for the EU to win the global race for AI, arguing instead that for the EU, the more important goal is focusing on developing values and ethics in AI. This is a naive perspective, especially given that China is not only fiercely competing on developing AI, but also aspiring to dominate in AI so as to compete in industries where Europe is leading today. Ironically, even if the EU’s first priority is to shape the values and ethics of AI, it will be severely limited in its ability to do so if it is not leading the development and adoption of this technology.

 

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