There is no shortage of books or reports on the U.S.-China rivalry, especially as artificial intelligence portends to become a nuclear-like inescapable linchpin of this competition. We recently extensively dealt here with the geopolitical consequences of the AI race as laid bare in the “Super Intelligence Strategy” paper by Eric Schmidt and two executives from Scale AI. 

This week, the Center for a New American Security published “Promethean Rivalry” by Bill Drexel. As we have ourselves repeatedly pointed out the shortsightedness of most of the geopolitical digressions on the AI race, we found this work to be groundbreaking as it strives to analyze the world-altering impact of this technological race. In a nutshell, this is not just another technology race between two superpowers. Possibly, we even see a scenario where the AI race is more impactful than the Space Race or the Atomic rivalry at their apex. 

The rationale for such a bold assertion of our own is due to the multidimensional stakes of the AI competition, weaving military, economic, geopolitical, and ethical........

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