A US official warned: China has beaten us, their technology is far better
"It's over. "The race to Beijing is over," said Nicholas Ceylan, the former head of software and technology at the Pentagon.
The Pentagon's top chief of software and technology development resigned last month amid a slow US military transformation, arguing that failing to meet China's artificial intelligence challenge put the United States at risk.
Nicholas Ceylan (37) for Financial Times said America lags behind China by 15 to 20 years in artificial intelligence.
"It's over now. In my opinion, we have no chance against China. "Whether a war is needed or not is an anecdote," said Ceylan, who served three years as the Pentagon's first director on a cybersecurity project.
"China has already won and is on track to achieve global dominance because it is taking advantage of its technological advantage," said the former official, who will testify in Congress in the coming weeks about China's threat to US artificial intelligence superiority.
China, the world's second-largest economy, dominates many key areas of modern technology, such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and genetics.
"This communist country is on its way to dominating the world in the future. It will control everything from the media to geopolitics. Chinese companies must cooperate with the government and invest in research without any ethical barriers. In some areas, our cyber-defense of certain government departments is at the level of "kindergartens" - said Ceylan.
In March this year, the National Security Commission determined that the United States was not ready to compete against China in the development of artificial intelligence.
Billions are being invested
In June, the United States set aside $ 250 billion to invest in the development of artificial intelligence in the military industry. Tensions between the United States and China have risen in recent days, with Taiwan in the spotlight. China intends to regain its sovereignty over the island it considers its territory.