[JKCalhoun]

Is the U.S. responding to recent moves in the U.K. to make a national effort in this field (the U.S. does not want to be an also-ran)? Are they responding to the efforts in China?

Do they know something more than we do with regard to the efficacy of current or soon-to-come AI? Or is it purely a speculative business/economic move?

[fullshark]

They know that the next war will involve computer vision / sensor data + countless decisions made by computers based on that data.