On November 19, the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its annual report to congress concerning US-China relations. It’s #1 key recommendation was as follows:
- Congress establish and fund a Manhattan Project-like program
dedicated to racing to and acquiring an Artificial General Intelligence
(AGI) capability. AGI is generally defined as systems that are as good
as or better than human capabilities across all cognitive domains and
would surpass the sharpest human minds at every task. Among the
specific actions the Commission recommends for Congress:- Provide broad multiyear contracting authority to the executive
branch and associated funding for leading artificial intelligence,
cloud, and data center companies and others to advance the stated
policy at a pace and scale consistent with the goal of U.S. AGI
leadership; and- Direct the U.S. secretary of defense to provide a Defense
Priorities and Allocations System “DX Rating” to items in the
artificial intelligence ecosystem to ensure this project receives
national priority