China’s AI Progress Sparks Fears of ‘Dystopian’ Future

Congressman Mike Gallagher warns that the ‘free world needs to be in command of the rules of AI going forward.’
China’s AI Progress Sparks Fears of ‘Dystopian’ Future
A display for facial recognition and artificial intelligence is seen on monitors at Huawei's Bantian campus on April 26, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Washington and Beijing have quietly engaged in a dialog surrounding the safe development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), but behind the talks remains fierce competition over the technology’s development and how it should be used.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, rang the alarm in May last year in an interview with DailyMail.com that the communist regime had developed AI-related technologies for “dystopian” and “evil uses” spanning genocide and daily surveillance of citizens.
Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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