The China's army wants to be the first to use the AI tools in the war: what will hurt them
The expert of the publication notes that there are political, economic and scientific problems along this path, and some are also faced by American artificial intelligence developers. Josh Bowman, researcher and analyst at the Chinese Institute for Aerospace at the University of Aviation, says that Chinese politicians, as well as their colleagues in the United States, are afraid of integration of this technology without careful testing.
"When we talk about a generative AI in military use, people's lives are at stake, depending on how we apply it," Boman said. "The rates are high, so it is absolutely necessary to confirm such confidence in artificial intelligence tools.
" The Chinese army seems to be in the same point of view: Bouman quoted several sources in the media of the NVAK, which generally agrees that the AI will inevitably play a role in the war, and it may be decisive in seven key areas: however, despite all these possible applications , China is also faced with many problems in the development of generative AI for military purposes, some of which are unique and others are applicable to developers around the world, Boman said.
Generative AI requires large amounts of data, but some information is forbidden by the China Communist Party. There is also a problem with sanctions. Generative artificial intelligence requires huge computing power, and huge computing power depends on semiconductors. US sanctions limit the production of processors in the PRC. There is also a problem with a set of data.
Creating an effective set of military data for AI requires accurate data, and although this problem affects both Chinese and American AI developers, NVAK may feel it more acute due to lack of real combat experience. Despite the problems, China is at the same level or ahead of the US in some areas of artificial intelligence development, Baumman said.