Senators in the United States are introducing a bipartisan AI bill aimed at keeping up with China.
In initial news coverage on the topic, the legislation is aimed at managing the rise of artificial intelligence and its use by U.S. adversaries. While heightening awareness around AI globally makes a great deal of sense, one of the many elephants in the room is the apparent conflict between increasing development and investment in AI while keeping Big Tech from leading the effort.
How can the United States effectively compete with a nation that is dedicated to advancing and exploiting AI (China) while the US itself seeks to reign in and put a cap on the companies that potentially have the critical mass to actually succeed on a global scale?
Concrete objectives that define success in the AI arena need to be established and arbitrary measures such as company size need to be removed as barriers to success.
Perhaps once there are level playing fields across the globe for AI development and inevitable completion, global collaboration take hold since it will be in the best interest of all participants.
