Former Treasury Secretaries: AI is a risk of a different kind

The timing of this piece is meant to coincide with the September 24 meeting of Trump and Xi:

> The pace of the AI revolution makes it incomparable to other technology transformations, and it is therefore difficult to plan for the opportunities and manage the risk... Threats and warnings of potential catastrophe are often met with the argument that the risks of losing the AI race to China are greater still...

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> We have seen an adversary problem like this before. Decades ago, the United States and the Soviet Union faced an existential arms race with similarities to today’s U.S.-China AI challenge.

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> When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet this month, we encourage the leaders to consider that history and work toward an “ACT” — AI Cooperation Treaty.