Earlier quoted context omitted.
What would the cost be of not undertaking these actions?
In the micro, nothing. We'd have a bunch of extra cash we can spend on other stuff. In the macro? The overall goal is keeping the US competitive in technology. Both in terms of producing/controlling IP as well as (perhaps even more crucially) remaining a premier destination for technologists from all over the world. The cost of not achieving that goal is... incalculable, but large. Whether or not this is a good way t…
Note that this isn't a hypothetical, either. Israel is already using AI to pick targets. Ukraine is already using AI-controlled drones to beat jamming. There's no indication that either one intends to stop anytime soon, which tells the others that the tech is working for this purpose.