China invests in artificial intelligence to counter US Joint Warfighting Concept: Records (Ryan Fedasiuk, Breaking Defense)

November 20, 2021

For the first time on record, earlier this year an artificial intelligence system reportedly beat one of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) top fighter pilots in a simulated dogfight. Chinese state media hailed the achievement as a watershed moment in the country’s military modernization. But almost as significant as the event itself was the fact that it came just months after the US military had achieved the same milestone.

For years, experts have written of China’s plan to wield AI for battlefield advantage, but cited US advantages in hardware and workforce development as enduring sources of US strength.

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Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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