If the first global AI summit 15 months ago, hosted by Britain’s then prime minister Rishi Sunak, focused more on co-operation to tackle the risks of AI, the latest this week in Paris highlighted a shift in the dynamics: towards geopolitical competition, and the quest for technological and economic advantage. On his first foreign trip as US vice-president, JD Vance signalled that the US was ripping out the brakes and putting its foot to the floor to develop AI. The US, and the UK, did not sign up to a closing statement that said AI should be “inclusive, transparent, ethical and safe”. A new AI arms race has begun, with the US and China vying for dominance and Europe trying to carve out its role.
如果說15個月前由英國時任首相里希•蘇納克(Rishi Sunak)主辦的首屆全球人工智慧峯會更側重於合作應對人工智慧的風險，那麼本週在巴黎舉行的最新峯會則凸顯了態勢的轉變：轉向地緣政治競爭以及對技術和經濟優勢的追求。在作爲美國副總統的首次出訪中，JD•范錫表示，美國正在扯掉剎車，全力發展人工智慧。美國和英國沒有在一份閉幕聲明上簽字，該聲明稱人工智慧應「包容、透明、道德和安全」。一場新的人工智慧軍備競賽已經開始，美國和中國爭奪主導地位，而歐洲則試圖在其中開闢自己的角色。