America Vs China Technology War, Which Will Win?

China is predicted to win the technology war with the US (Fool)

JAKARTA – The two superpowers, the United States (US) and China, often compete in various fields, both in terms of politics and technological innovation. If the two are at war in the field of technology, who will win?

Former Pentagon official Nicolas Chaillan argues that the technology war will be won by China over the US. Chaillan had served as the Pentagon's Chief Software Officer but chose to leave the post because the US was slow to transform technology for the military.

He told the Financial Times that failure to respond to technological developments could harm the country. Chaillan has openly said the US has no chance against China, even in another 15 to 20 years.

"Now it's an agreement, I think it's over. Whether war is needed or not, that's kind of an anecdote," Nicolas Chaillan added, cited from Reuters, Monday, October 11, 2021.

Currently, China's economy is the second-largest in the world. Western intelligence assessments predict the country will dominate many important technologies, especially synthetic biology and genetics in the next decade.

In addition, Chairlan also mentioned that China will dominate the future of the world. The country will deploy everything from media narratives to geopolitics.

On the other hand, he also criticized the development of US technology giants such as Google which was slow in cooperating with the state in developing artificial intelligence (AI). The US also often fusses over ethical issues in AI development.

Chaillan highlighted that Chinese companies have an obligation to cooperate with the government and spend massive amounts of money on AI technology development without discussing ethical issues.

Nicolas Chaillan assesses that a number of government departments in the field of cyber defense are still at the "kindergarten level". In September 2021, Nicolas Chaillan announced that he would resign from his post. He mentioned that military officials are often asked to handle cyber issues, even though they lack experience.

On the other hand, an Air Force spokesman said that US Air Force secretary Frank Kendall had discussed the department's future software development with Nicolas Chaillan after he resigned as US Chief Software Officer.