China's Plan For A.I. Superiority - The Ape Machine

What really frustrates me about this story is, as so many times, the public's reaction to this. I see people literally commenting on this story about how the are scared for this "new development" and how "a regime like that should never have access to tools as powerful as A.I." Of course this kind of fear is massively out of proportion, especially for where we are with machine learning at the moment, but even if we assume that more powerful artificial intelligence will follow in the near future, there are way bigger concerns that should be plaguing a mind like this right here and now. China has had nucular weapons since 1964 for instance, and I think that poses a way bigger threat than killer robots or weaponized artificial intelligence, at least for now. Don't get me wrong though, I am in now way frightened that China will launch an attack or anything like that, I just think they are doing exactly what any other powerful country in their position would do, they are growing with the times. How is this any different from the United States developing the same kind of technology, with the same intentions, and as always with the same drive to be the world leader in this new sector.