China developing AI especially for military uses is dangerous for the US
Bresnick ‘24 [Sam; April 3; a Research Fellow at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET); CEPA, “China gets Big on Military AI”, https://cepa.org/article/china-bets-big-on-military-ai/]
US government leaders and defense industry insiders have sounded the alarm about China’s advances in AI, and now that China is outpacing the United States in developing and fielding AI-enabled military systems. While it is impossible to know which country is ahead, and in which applications, China faces significant headwinds in its quest to develop and deploy military AI.
, Beijing remains dependent on the foreign semiconductors that provide the computing power it requires to develop high-end AI applications. Increasingly stringent US export controls have , to some degree, China’s AI ambitions.
It is also unclear whether the Chinese military the tech-savvy workforce needed to create world-class AI military systems. The PLA’s decision-making processes may inhibit its ability to leverage AI-enabled decision-support systems.
Despite these and other challenges, China’s use of military AI remains a pressing US national security concern. But it is important to right-size the threat – to better understand both the PLA’s strengths and weaknesses – and to develop adequate countermeasures.