The World Wide Race for Artificial Intelligence: A Path Forward for U.S. Policy

Abstract

The advent of an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution will result in massive transformation across all sectors of society. AI has the potential to redefine innovation, impacting global labor markets, improving military capabilities, and supporting smart cities. As a result of this incredible potential, countries worldwide are funneling resources towards the expansion of their AI capabilities and finding new ways to collect vast amounts of data to train AI systems. These landmark technologies bring cutting edge solutions to challenges previously out of reach. However, AI proliferation also comes with difficult ethical questions regarding data privacy and the use of autonomous weaponry.