{"id":2612,"date":"2025-07-28T13:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/america-must-win-the-ai-race-and-prepare-for-the-worst\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:40:40","slug":"america-must-win-the-ai-race-and-prepare-for-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/america-must-win-the-ai-race-and-prepare-for-the-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"America must win the AI race \u2014 and prepare for the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence is no longer a niche tool for tech labs or science-fiction thrillers. It\u2019s now the battleground where the future of American power, prosperity, and freedom will be decided. With the release of ‘Winning the AI Race: America\u2019s AI Action Plan,’ the Trump administration is rightfully treating this moment as the 21st-century equivalent of the space race or the nuclear age. <\/p>\n

This bold strategy outlines over 90 policy actions that span three key pillars: Accelerating Innovation, Building American AI Infrastructure, and Leading in International Diplomacy and Security. Each of these pillars sends a clear message to the world: America intends to lead \u2013 not follow \u2013 on artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n

And we must. This is a race we can\u2019t afford to lose. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s AI plan: strong, strategic and patriotic <\/h2>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s plan does what Washington too often fails to do: it combines vision with action. From fast-tracking permits for critical data centers and chip fabrication plants, to expanding the skilled trades workforce needed to maintain those facilities, the plan hits both high-tech and firsthand realities. <\/p>\n

Crucially, the plan calls for exporting secure, full-stack American AI packages \u2013 hardware, software, models, applications and standards \u2013 to trusted allies. That\u2019s smart policy. In a world where China exports authoritarian surveillance technology, America must counter with liberty-based alternatives. <\/p>\n

And most refreshingly, the plan defends free speech. It mandates that federal procurement contracts only go to developers of large language models that are free from ideological censorship. That\u2019s a huge win for constitutional values in a time when Big Tech algorithms increasingly silence dissent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the hard truth: AI could also unleash chaos <\/h2>\n

The optimism in this action plan is well-founded \u2013 but incomplete. As foreign policy analysts Matan Chorev and Joel Predd recently warned in their Foreign Policy article, the U.S. must also assume the worst about artificial intelligence \u2013 especially artificial general intelligence (AGI). That\u2019s the version of AI that can perform at or above human levels across a wide range of tasks.  <\/p>\n

Unlike nuclear weapons, AGI won\u2019t announce itself with a mushroom cloud. It may slip quietly into our systems, our economy and even our military decision-making \u2013 without a clear warning shot. The nightmare scenario? A rogue AI, either built by an enemy nation or evolving beyond human control, triggering economic collapse or catastrophic warfare.  <\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why the U.S. must not only pursue victory in AI, but vigilance. Planning for worst-case scenarios isn’t fearmongering \u2013 it\u2019s common sense. The COVID-19 pandemic taught us what happens when leaders fail to prepare for known risks. With AI, we may not get a second chance.  <\/p>\n

We need break-glass plans \u2014 now <\/h2>\n

What happens if a U.S. company suddenly claims to have developed AGI and asks for national security protections \u2013 access to classified data, regulatory exemptions and federal backing? What if China gets there first?  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Biden-era playbook of strategic ambiguity and global appeasement won\u2019t cut it. America needs break-glass protocols: clear, tested plans to respond to AI emergencies \u2013 whether cyberattacks, misinformation campaigns or autonomous systems going rogue. <\/p>\n

This requires massive coordination across the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, our intelligence community and private industry. The federal government must build the analytical muscle to separate hype from real breakthroughs \u2013 and act fast when a threat emerges. <\/p>\n

Cyber defenses must be ‘attribution-agnostic’ <\/h2>\n

Advanced AI attacks may not come with a digital return address. Whether an attack comes from Beijing, a terrorist network or a self-replicating algorithm, our cyber defenses must be able to detect, contain and recover without waiting for attribution. <\/p>\n

That means hardening critical infrastructure, isolating vulnerable data centers and ensuring military continuity of operations in a high-tech crisis. These aren\u2019t science-fiction concerns \u2013 they\u2019re strategic imperatives. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The world needs American values \u2014 not just American technology <\/h2>\n

The Trump administration’s emphasis on exporting U.S. technology to allies is critical \u2013 but we must also export American values. Freedom. Accountability. Innovation with restraint. Our allies want alternatives to China\u2019s surveillance-driven tech regime. America can lead that coalition \u2013 but only if we speak as clearly about ethics as we do about engineering.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

David Sacks, the White House\u2019s AI and crypto czar, put it plainly: ‘To win the AI race, the U.S. must lead in innovation, infrastructure, and global partnerships. At the same time, we must center American workers and avoid Orwellian uses of AI.’ <\/p>\n

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He\u2019s right. Victory in AI is not just about lines of code \u2013 it\u2019s about preserving what it means to be human in an age of machines. <\/p>\n

Bold innovation, clear-eyed preparedness <\/h2>\n

Winning the AI Race is a historic first step. It champions free markets, American jobs, national strength and liberty-based governance in the AI era. But we must not mistake ambition for immunity. <\/p>\n

America needs a dual-track strategy: drive innovation with urgency \u2013 and prepare for disaster with equal urgency. Our adversaries won\u2019t wait. Neither will the technology.  <\/p>\n

We can \u2013 and must \u2013 lead the world into the AI future. But let\u2019s do it with eyes wide open, grounded in our values and ready for anything. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n

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