China Recruits Top Students to Train Them Into AI Weapons Experts

Visitors look at a "wheeled combat vehicle" on display at Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong Province on November 7, 2018. (Photo by WANG ZHAO / AFP) Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images

The Chinese regime aims to be the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, but this has alarmed the West. The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China’s top weapon’s research institute, recruited 31 talented students from across the country to participate in its new AI weapons education and training program.

The goal of the program, which began on Oct. 28, is to create China’s future leaders and experts in AI and robotic weaponry.