US and China Clash Over AI Governance in Global Power Struggle
The US and China have released rival AI governance blueprints, reflecting a geopolitical struggle over who defines the rules of the game. The close timing of the two documents, with China unveiling its Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative (GAGI) on September 12, 2023, underscores the urgency and importance of this contest.
The US's AI policy framework, released around the same time, focuses on deregulation, national innovation, and technological supremacy. It adopts a technonationalist approach, emphasizing AI as a tool of economic and geopolitical leverage, with minimal government oversight and celebration of private-sector leadership. In contrast, China's GAGI calls for international cooperation, multilateral standards, and ethical safeguards, reflecting a soft-power projection of its state-led approach.
Both nations are motivated by the imperatives of control, legitimacy, and influence in their AI governance strategies. They are engaged in a race to shape the narrative, norms, and institutions governing AI in the 21st century. This competition has turned AI governance into a political challenge, with the two global powers presenting competing visions that set the stage for a more fragmented and contested global future.
The risk of competing government blueprints is a global governance vacuum where power, not principle, dictates outcomes. As the US and China continue to jostle for influence, the international community must work towards finding common ground and establishing multilateral standards to ensure responsible AI development and governance.
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