The race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence could become far more consequential if either country achieves artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
A former White House national security official has argued that Washington should begin preparing for a scenario in which China makes a sudden breakthrough and moves ahead of the US in developing AGI — including examining options ranging from intelligence operations and cyber activity to, in the most extreme circumstances, military action against Chinese AI infrastructure, according to the South China Morning Post.
