Commentary
The United States and China are engaged in a technological arms race. The country with the best artificial intelligence, quantum computing technologies, and cyber weapons will be best positioned to win the wars of tomorrow.
Which begs the question: Who looks likely to win these tech-infused wars?
According to Richard Silberglitt, a senior physical scientist at the RAND Corporation, although the United States remains the global technological leader, “China and the United States are now approaching parity, or in some cases, the United States is falling behind, in areas of close competition.”
In other words, the United States is in the lead, but China is catching up. If we look closer, it appears China has overtaken the United States in many key sectors….