> U.S. has to respond in kind, but more slowly or in secret due to outcry on autonomous weapons research and actually having to deal with those loathsome consti

> U.S. has to respond in kind, but more slowly or in secret due to outcry on autonomous weapons research and actually having to deal with those loathsome constituents views on how and what things get done when. You're totally off about this. The US announced their superhuman AI pilot about a year ago already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24232307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24232307 You could see this Chinese announcement as the response, although someone was probably working on this before the US revealed their capabilities, just with slightly less pressure.