ASP in the News: Board Member David Wade Discusses AI Competition with China in The Hill
On December 6th, ASP Board Member David Wade published an op-ed in The Hill analyzing U.S. AI competition with China, which recently unveiled its “DeepSeek” AI program. Wade goes on to note the urgency of the issue:
This is AI’s Sputnik moment, and it underscores why the incoming administration must wrestle with this issue, which will shape the future. Adversaries such as Vladimir Putin salivate at the prospect of a world where the most advanced technology is driven not by Silicon Valley’s innovative spirit, but by Beijing’s civil-military fusion strategy.
Yet Wade also explains that even as China develops its AI program to be on par with that of the United States, the U.S. is still capable of holding its own, though that will not be easy:
The U.S. likely still has a narrow technological edge, but our lead is far from self-sustaining. We need to hone that edge if we are going to pull non-aligned states closer to us and convince them that thriving under our digital umbrella — and adopting our respect for privacy, human rights and responsible use cases — is worth it to gain enormously from the superior transformative technological benefits we offer.
Read the full op-ed at The Hill.
