Chinese investors looking to put money into artificial intelligence could soon face greater scrutiny. US Officials worry that technologies developed in the US could be used to bolster China’s military capabilities
The US government is considering limiting Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to guard technologies seen as vital to US national security. The concern is that technologies developed in the US could be used to bolster China’s military capabilities.
Research in AI, a term used for the ability of a machine, computer or system to exhibit humanlike intelligence, has been dominated lately by large tech companies such as Google and Facebook. The goal is to create machines that can perceive their environment and complete a wide array of every day tasks previously performed by humans.
One application of particular interest is autonomous weapons. From unmanned planes to missile defense systems to sentry robots, there already got military hardware that functions with very little input from a human mind.
Artificial intelligence is believed to be one of many leading-edge technologies that China seeks and that has potential military applications.
