X posts about the U.S.-China track II dialogue on AI, by Ryan Haas, Apr. 5, 2024.
1/ For the past 5 years, small teams of US and PRC experts have been meeting privately and unofficially to help lay the groundwork for both governments to launch direct talks on how to manage risks arising from AI's adoption in national security. (short🧵) https://t.co/DdDq8c5t4h
— Ryan Hass (@ryanl_hass) April 5, 2024
2/ It was encouraging that President Biden and President Xi agreed to launch government-level talks on AI at their Woodside Summit. This official government-government dialogue reportedly will commence in the coming weeks. https://t.co/g1akdFBvG7
— Ryan Hass (@ryanl_hass) April 5, 2024
3/ To support planning for that effort, @ColinKahl and I have distilled a few areas of consensus from the Brookings-Tsinghua dialogue on AI and national security and offered a few ideas of issues ripe for potential focus when US and PRC officials meet. https://t.co/DdDq8c5t4h
— Ryan Hass (@ryanl_hass) April 5, 2024
4/ For example, there is growing risk of deepfake videos having disruptive effects on political systems. There also are areas of mutual vulnerability arising from AI in national security that are worthy of further attention at government-government levels.
— Ryan Hass (@ryanl_hass) April 5, 2024
5/ Tsinghua University CISS (@CISSTsinghua) also published a parallel summary of convenings here: https://t.co/iWrUpFF0HE
— Ryan Hass (@ryanl_hass) April 5, 2024
As this dialogue progresses, each side will continue to contribute their findings to support public knowledge around this critical issue going forward. END.