Comment by Paul Scharre

In this scenario, AGI leads to an “intelligence explosion” in which AI accelerates further progress in building more advanced AI. This leads to artificial superintelligence, which vastly outperforms even the most intelligent humans.

AI reaches some critical tipping point in intelligence where it can improve itself, allowing AI to advance of its own accord not only beyond human intelligence but beyond human control. At that point, humanity’s destiny is no longer its own—the machi...

The United States has two asymmetric advantages over China in AI: chips and human talent. U.S. companies occupy critical chokepoints in the supply chain for manufacturing high-end chips, especially in the electronic design automation software used t...