Fear Drives the AI ‘Cold War’ Between America and China

A new “cold war” between America and China is “pushing leaders to sideline concerns about the dangers of powerful AI models,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “including the spread of disinformation and other harmful content, and the development of superintelligent AI systems misaligned with human values…”

“Both countries are driven as much by fear as by hope of progress. ”

In Washington and Silicon Valley, warnings abound that China’s
“authoritarian AI,” left unchecked, will erode…