The U.S. And China Are Racing To Become The World's First Artificial Intelligence Super Power

AlphaGo was a “Sputnik moment” for Chinese politicians, triggering new investment by the state in AI research. Photo: Google

James Vincent, The Verge: China and the US are battling to become the world’s first AI superpower

In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The craft was no bigger than a beach ball, but it spurred the US into a frenzy of research and investment that would eventually put humans on the Moon. Sixty years later, the world might have had its second “Sputnik moment.” But this time, it’s not the US receiving the wake-up call, but China; and the goal is not the exploration of space, but the creation of artificial intelligence.

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WNU Editor: Artificial Intelligence is still more science fiction than science .... but a lot of companies and governments are clearly investing a lot of money and resources to make this dream a reality. And if AI does happen .... wow .... it will be like the moment of the first atomic bomb .... once it happens the genie can never be put back in the bottle.