Pentagon official resigns: the United States has lagged behind China in AI competition

Original title: resignation of Pentagon officials: the United States has lagged behind China in AI competition
[text / observer net Ju Feng]
According to the financial times (FT) report on the 10th, the first chief software officer of the Pentagon said that because he can't watch & ldquo; China surpasses the United States & rdquo;, So he chose to resign to protest against the slow pace of technological transformation of the US military. He said that China is moving towards global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and network capabilities.

Screenshot of FT report
Last week, Nicholas & middot; Nicolas chaillan was interviewed by the financial times after leaving the US Department of defense. He said that the United States failed to respond to the so-called & ldquo; China's cyber and other threats & rdquo; Respond and & ldquo; Put his child's future at risk;.
“ We can't win China in the next 15 to 20 years. In my opinion, it's a foregone conclusion, & rdquo; Xia Lan said, & ldquo; There are good reasons to be angry& rdquo;

Xia LAN, former chief software officer of the US Air Force (source: Financial Times)
It is reported that Xia LAN, 37, spent three years in the Pentagon to improve network security and served as the first chief software officer of the US air force. According to his personal data, he introduced the devsecops process into the Pentagon. He said that due to China's progress in artificial intelligence, machine learning and network capabilities, Beijing is moving towards global dominance.
In an interview, he said he was tired because he had been & ldquo; Repair things in the cloud and laptops & rdquo;, Not innovation.
Charlene started her business in France at the age of 15 and became a U.S. citizen in 2016. Before joining the Pentagon, he led the installation of & ldquo; Zero Trust & rdquo; Network security project. He claims to be a member of the Department of defense; Extreme & rdquo; Power, some senior officials should not want him to talk about these complaints.
He believes that the importance of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence to the future of the United States is far more important than hardware such as the fifth generation fighter with large budget such as the F-35.
Xia LAN claimed that China would dominate the world and control everything from media narration to geopolitics, while the Cyber Defense of some U.S. government departments was at & ldquo; Kindergarten level & rdquo;.
He also accused Google of being unwilling to cooperate with the U.S. Department of defense in artificial intelligence, and the lengthy debate on the ethics of artificial intelligence slowed down the pace of the United States.
Xia Lan said he plans to attend congressional hearings in the coming weeks to testify on China's cyber threat to the United States, including exposing the contents of confidential briefings.
He acknowledged that the U.S. spending on defense is still three times that of China, but said that the additional funds have no effect because the U.S. procurement cost is so high and used in the wrong fields. The Pentagon urgently needs change, but it is hampered by bureaucracy and excessive regulation.
After the Financial Times report was issued, xialan issued a document on the evening of the 10th to clarify, & ldquo; I never said that we (the United States) lost. I said that if we don't wake up now, we won't have any chance to win China in the next 15 years& rdquo; He stressed that he was talking about China & ldquo; Now & rdquo; Leading in artificial intelligence and the Internet, not 10 years later.

An air force spokesman said that U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall had discussed with Sharon his suggestions for the future software development of the Department of defense after his resignation, and thanked him for his contribution.
A national security committee authorized by the US Congress warned earlier this year that China could overtake the United States as the world's artificial intelligence superpower in the next decade.
A senior US defense official admitted that they were & ldquo; Must do better & rdquo;, Attract, train and retain young network talents. But they defended the responsible use of AI.
Lieutenant general of the Marine Corps and director of the joint artificial intelligence center of the Ministry of defense, Michael & middot; Michael Groen said at a meeting last week that he hoped to deploy artificial intelligence in the army in a gradual way, and said that the adoption of AI requires a cultural change within the army.
U.S. Secretary of defense Lloyd & middot; Lloyd Austin said in July that the Pentagon & ldquo; Urgent need & rdquo; Give priority to the development of responsible artificial intelligence. He said that the increased investment of $1.5 billion will accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in the Pentagon in the next five years. At present, 600 AI projects are in progress.
But Austin promised that his department would not & ldquo; Take shortcuts in safety, security or Ethics & rdquo;.
In fact, in early September, Sharon issued a strongly worded resignation letter exposing the Pentagon & ldquo; The layman is in charge of the layman;, And denounce the Pentagon & ldquo; Backward & rdquo Lack of funds. He revealed that military officials have been repeatedly appointed to be responsible for network projects, and they lack experience in this regard.