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To Win the AI Race, Open America's Doors

| Apr. 24, 2019

Policymakers’ preoccupation with “winning the AI race” is reaching a fever pitch. Recent projections state that artificial intelligence will add 16 percent, or $13 trillion, to global economic output by 2030. Economists worry how big the U.S. share will be. National security experts decry that China or Russia will use AI technology to do everything from building more sophisticated weapons to controlling our elections.

They’re right: winning the AI race is critical. So why is the United States giving other nations a head start?

For more information on this publication: Belfer Communications Office
For Academic Citation: Rosenbach, Eric and Aditi Kumar.“To Win the AI Race, Open America's Doors.” The Hill, April 24, 2019.

The Authors

Eric Rosenbach