The
billionaire believes that the US government needs to do more to maintain its
lead in artificial intelligence. China released an AI strategy in July,
which revealed that it plans to become a world leader in the field by 2030.
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google
parent company Alphabet, has warned that China is poised to overtake the US in
the field of artificial intelligence (AI) if the US government doesn’t act
soon.
Speaking at the Artificial Intelligence and
Global Security Summit on Wednesday, the former Google CEO said: “Trust me,
these Chinese people are good.”
He added: “They are going to use this
technology for both commercial as well as military objectives with all sorts of
implications.”
China published its AI strategy in July and said that it wanted to be the world leader in AI by
2030.