The US will continue to lead in artificial intelligence technology development for the next ten years, according to Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind.
Although the Chinese IT industry is vying with the US for the lead in artificial intelligence technology development, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, believes the US will remain ahead in ten years.
Suleyman said this in an interview for the most recent episode of the currently streaming Bloomberg Originals series AI IRL.
US authorities are especially worried about China's potential to use AI for military objectives. Citing national security concerns, the Biden administration placed limitations on US investments in Chinese semiconductor, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence companies in August. It revealed further steps last month to limit China's access to cutting-edge semiconductors that can be used to train artificial intelligence algorithms.
The second-largest economy in the world is still competing among IT firms and entrepreneurs to seize a piece of the AI boom, despite US efforts to impede China's advancement in the field. Computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee launched the Chinese business 01.AI, which produced an open-source big language model that, on some metrics, outperformed some of the top systems in Silicon Valley. Recently, Baidu Inc. asserted that its huge language model is on par with OpenAI's GPT-4.
Nevertheless, Helen Toner, director of strategy and foundational research programs at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, cautioned that recent developments shouldn't be confused with China's overall advantage in AI.
