AI Collaboration is Necessary for U.S. National Security

The next arms race will be fought not in megatons but in milliseconds. When the primary players can destroy each other 100 times over, it comes down to who can do so faster. Of course, that is a vast oversimplification of the race occuring right now, particularly between the United States and China for superiority in artificial intelligence programs and related technology. The U.S. is currently leading, but according to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence in its recent report to Congress, China is projected to overtake the U.S. in research and development spending within ten years. Of course, spending primacies can change. If, for example, military and political priorities move less resources to a space force and more to practical AI integration into current fighting forces, the Chinese edge could be blunted or reversed.