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China is preparing to steal the jobs of the future
China is preparing to steal the jobs of the future

Telegraph

time3 days ago

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China is preparing to steal the jobs of the future

They call it 'artificial general intelligence' (AGI) and it may be only a matter of a few years away. AGI is the imagined point at which computers finally achieve consciousness, surpass human intelligence and begin to self-improve across virtually all cognitive tasks at an accelerating rate. Sometimes referred to as the 'singularity', it's long been the stuff of science fiction, but many techies believe, such is the pace of current development, that it is on the verge of becoming a reality. Whoever gets there first, it is widely believed, will inherit the Earth, embedding their influence, ideology and systems of governance into world affairs for generations to come. It's a frightening as well as awe-inspiring prospect and it is one whose potentially transformational geopolitical consequences are only now starting to be more widely appreciated. And it's why the US and China are increasingly engaged in what can only be described as a new arms race – or space race – to develop and harness artificial superintelligence for economic and geopolitical superiority. In both jurisdictions, hundreds of billions of dollars a year are being poured into getting there first. Yet though the Trump administration is only too aware of the threat, its response is oddly backward-looking and counterproductive. Despite the apparent world lead the US has in supercomputing, there is a high chance it will end up losing the war.

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