The outcome, she said, persuaded the Chinese military that AI could surpass the human mind and provide an advantage in warfare. ‘The Chinese have done a good job of adopting the American strategy and using it against us.’The U.S. now finds itself in an escalating AI arms race. This reflects only the known piece of AI defense spending; the Pentagon has additional spending that is classified. In return, young scientists would regularly serve in military AI labs. In a futuristic example, a military AI program would identify weak points in enemy infrastructure that humans couldn’t detect and then devise attacks—conventional or cyber—against the targets.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 02, 2018 16:48 UTC