AI and Geopolitics: How Might AI Affect the Rise and Fall of Nations?

Abstract

Nations across the globe could see their power rise or fall depending on how they harness and manage the development of artificial intelligence (AI). Regardless of whether AI poses an existential risk to humanity, governments will need to develop new regulatory frameworks to identify, evaluate, and respond to the variety of AI-enabled challenges to come. With the release of advanced forms of AI to the public early in 2023, public policy debates have rightly focused on such developments as the exacerbation of inequality, the loss of jobs, and the potential threat of human extinction if AI continues to evolve without effective guardrails. There has been less discussion about how AI might affect geopolitics and which actors might take the lead in the future development of AI or other advanced AI algorithms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1214621

Entities

People

  • Barry Pavel
  • Domenique Lumpkin
  • Gregory Smith
  • Ivana Ke
  • James Ryseff
  • Keller Scholl
  • Lea Sabbag
  • Michael Spirtas

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • California
  • Corporations
  • Data Centers
  • Emerging Technology
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Humanities
  • Information Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Software Development
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy