April 19, 2025
America Can Still Lose the AI Race
Hidden behind the United States’ strategy in the unfolding trade war, tariffs, and rapid restructuring of the world’s economic system lie two uncomfortable truths.
First, rapid artificial intelligence (AI) advancements are redefining the world’s digital future. As recently discussed by the New York Times: “The Government Knows A.G.I. Is coming." Second, while the United States has historically enjoyed a global leadership position in technological development and diffusion, this is no longer guaranteed.
China is poised to take advantage as countries begin to reduce their reliance on the American tech industry.
In fact, without substantial changes, a techno-authoritarian future is far more likely. China is increasingly outperforming the United States and its allies, thanks to its embrace of a digital, automated, and interconnected world and its capacity to export low-cost technological solutions abroad.
Now, more than ever, America must work with its allies to forge new technological partnerships that reflect liberal and democratic values in order to counter and outcompete a formidable digital China in its aim to establish a techno-authoritarian global order.
Read the full article on Real Clear Defense.
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