Chinese adviser urges US and China to avoid an AI cold war
Chinese policy adviser Zheng Yongnian says China and the United States should prevent competition over artificial intelligence from escalating into a cold war. He argues that complete separation would be difficult, ahead of a Xi-Trump summit where AI is expected to feature prominently, according to the South China Morning Post.
China and the United States should prevent their competition over artificial intelligence from becoming a cold war, Chinese policy adviser Zheng Yongnian has warned, according to the South China Morning Post. Zheng, a leading political scientist and dean of the School of Public Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, also said a complete separation between the two countries would be difficult. His remarks came ahead of a Xi-Trump summit in Washington, where artificial intelligence was expected to be among the main issues on the agenda.
The supplied material does not give the date of the summit, identify the other agenda items or say whether the two governments had agreed on any AI measures. Zheng’s comments frame the relationship as one in which strategic competition and continued interdependence could exist at the same time. The source does not specify which parts of the AI sector would be hardest to separate, nor does it outline proposals for managing competition.
The warning concerns the possible political and technological consequences of rivalry between the two countries. It does not state that an AI-related cold war has begun, and the report provides no response from US officials or companies. The remarks were made in the context of expected high-level talks.
The available material contains no details about China’s or the United States’ policies on chips, research, investment or AI safety, and no indication of what outcome Zheng expects from the summit.
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