Chinese Power and Artificial Intelligence

This book provides a comprehensive account of Chinese AI in its various facets, based on primary Chinese-language sources. Chinas rise as an AI power is an event of importance to the world and a potential challenge to liberal democracies. Filling a gap in the literature, this volume is fully documented, data-driven, and presented in a scholarly format suitable for citation and for supporting downstream research, while also remaining accessible to laypersons. It brings together 15 recognized international experts to present a full treatment of Chinese artificial intelligence. The volume contains chapters on state, commercial, and foreign sources of Chinas AI power; Chinas AI talent, scholarship, and global standing; the impact of AI on Chinas development of cutting-edge disciplines; Chinas use of AI in military, cyber, and surveillance applications; AI safety, threat mitigation, and the technologys likely trajectory. The book ends with recommendations drawn from the authors interactions with policymakers and specialists worldwide, aimed at encouraging AIs healthy development in China and preparing the rest of the world to engage with it. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese politics, science and technology studies, security studies and international relations.