Angle: Battlefield AI: Governments around the world investing in AI and QIS for nondefense

- The Federal Government has expressed interest in increasing investment in AI

and related technologies
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) are key
industries of the future that will power economic growth and strengthen national
security for years to come. The Trump Administration recognizes the strategic
importance of these emerging technologies and has taken decisive action to
advance America’s AI and QIS leadership. In February 2020, President Trump’s
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget put the United States on a path to double Federal
research and development (R&D) spending in nondefense AI and QIS by
FY2022. (White House Office of Science and Technology)

- Defense Secretary Mark Esper recently revealed how other world powers (Russia,
China) are ramping up their AI infrastructure

- “The Russians used a sophisticated and well-coordinated combination of

unmanned aerial vehicles, cyberattacks, and artillery barrages to inflict
severe damage on Ukrainian forces when they invaded that country.
"Since then, Moscow has announced the development of AI-enabled
autonomous systems across ground vehicles, aircraft, nuclear submarines
and command, and control," he said. "We expect them to deploy these
capabilities in future combat zones."

- “The Chinese system can be used to invade private lives, leaving no text
message, internet search, purchase or personal activity free from Beijing's
ever-tightening grip, the secretary said. "As we speak, the PRC is
deploying — and honing — its AI surveillance apparatus to support the
targeted repression of its Muslim Uighur population," he said. "Likewise,
pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are being identified, seized,
imprisoned or worse by the CCP's digital police state — unencumbered by
privacy laws or ethical governing principles. As China scales this
technology, we fully expect it to sell these capabilities abroad, enabling
other autocratic governments to move toward a new era of digital
authoritarianism."(Defense.gov)

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