U.S. and China must seize opening to discuss military AI risks

Even nonbinding agreement could help to build trust and limit harms

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A nuclear missile carrier in China's 2019 National Day parade in Beijing: The PLA is opaque about how it tests and evaluates AI applications. © AP

Sam Bresnick is a research fellow with the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University in Washington.

Last month in California, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to combat global narcotics manufacturing and trafficking and to reopen military-to-military dialogues, as well as to hold discussions in the future on risks stemming from artificial intelligence.

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