美国C4ISRNET网站3月1日报道

根据2019财年国防授权法案指令，美国人工智能国家安全委员会当日发布了756页的专题报告，围绕到2025年 “AI准备就绪”、实现领先中国的人工智能发展目标，提出了数百项建议，委员会成员形容为“警钟”报告。所谓的“AI准备就绪”是指美国防部要通过建设数字文化基线、数字基础设施以及训练、演习和作战全部融合AI所需的软件，为作战部队赋能。该报告强烈呼吁加大AI研发投资，2025年前要确保每年从目前的15亿美元提升到80亿美元的水平。

 Wakeup call’: Report calls for massive AI investments to counter China

Andrew Eversden  C4ISRNET 3月1日

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence released its final report Monday. (KENGKAT/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — A congressionally mandated artificial intelligence report released Monday called for billions of dollars of U.S. investment, warning that China “possesses the might, talent, and ambition” to topple the U.S. as the global AI leader.

The 756-page final report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, required by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, makes hundreds of recommendations to get the U.S. Department of Defense “AI-ready” by 2025 as the U.S. tries to stay ahead of China in the development of artificial intelligence capabilities.

“If the United States does not act, it will likely lose its leadership position in AI to China in the next decade and become more vulnerable to a spectrum of AI-enabled threats from a host of state and non-state actors,” the report warned.

At commissioners’ final meeting to approve the report on Monday, they emphasized that leadership from the White House, Defense Department and Congress is at the core of ensuring an advantage for the U.S. The report calls for emerging technology steering groups at the White House and Defense Department.

“We meant this to be a wakeup call,” said Oracle Corp. CEO Safra Catz, a commission member. “There are very, very bold actions we’re asking for. They are asking in many cases for us to break out from our historical siloes and work together. This is pretty much the critical moment for our country.”

According to the report, an AI-ready DoD is one in which war fighters are “enabled with baseline digital literacy and access to the digital infrastructure and software required for ubiquitous AI integration in training, exercises, and operations.” Preparation of service members is critical because future war-fighting operations will rely on artificial intelligence to assist with targeting and commander decision-making.

The Pentagon should boost its artificial intelligence research and development to $8 billion a year by 2025, up from about $1.5 billion now, the report urged. The DoD spend about 3 percent of its budget on science and technology, the commissioners said, adding that nondefense AI R&D spending should increase to $32 billion by 2026.

“This will be expensive and require a significant change in mindset at the national, agency and White House levels,” Bob Work, vice chair of the commission and former deputy secretary of defense, said at the meeting.