Defense Secretary Mark Esper this week warned of the dangers of China as it vies for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) — including its move to export military drones to the Middle East that can allegedly conduct “lethal targeted strikes,” he said.
Esper, speaking at the National Security Commission’s Artificial Intelligence conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, said Beijing “has made it abundantly clear that it intends to be the world leader of AI by 2030.”