"We know we have advantage in hardware...in our algorithms"
US also ahead for now on talent but Work warns "unless we're smart about our immigration policies, we could lose that"
#China has advantage w/data & applications, per Work, and is gaining in other areas "because they have a coherent strategy"
"The Chinese are far more organized for a competition"
"The Chinese export autonomous systems to nations around the world in in some places that that have some pretty some pretty ugly conflicts that are underway & lots of human suffering" per Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Director, @USMC LtGen Michael Groen
"You have a nation that's proliferating autonomous systems with no ethical baseline, no sets of controls, no transparency, into those very dangerous, small brushfire wars" per LtGen Groen "That proliferation of technology is something that we need to pay attention to"
"The biggest change would be our ability to look at enormous amounts of social media data etc., to make predictive analysis & also make judgments" per National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI) Chair Bob Work
#ArtificialIntelligence "we're doing it right now in #Afghanistan, using #AI to predict when the attacks might occur or predict actions by our adversaries" per Work
"We're 100 miles away from being 2 generations ahead in hardware to being 2 generations behind, if for example #China seizes #Taiwan & the chip fabricating facilities that are on Taiwan"
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Orders immediately:
-new definition "extremism" for uniformed personnel
-training for soon-to-be veterans who could be recruitment targets
-standardized screening for military recruits
MORE: @SecDef says @DeptofDefense will commission a study on " extremist behavior within our Total Force...to include gaining greater fidelity on the scope of the problem"
MORE: @DeptofDefense Counter Extremism Working Group (CEWG) will also look at:
-whether to amend the Uniformed Code of Military Justice
-how to better support insider threat programs
-examine ways to screen social media/public data for the vetting processes
-education/training
"[It] will reinforce the basic missions of securing our homeland, including preventing terrorism; securing & managing our borders; repairing the broken immigration system; safeguarding critical infrastructure"
"It provides the Department w/targeted resources to advance commonsense policy solutions" per @SecMayorkas
Proposed $52 billion FY 2022 budget calls for $131 million "to support diverse, innovative, & community-driven methods to prevent #domesticterrorism while respecting civil rights & liberties" per @DHSgov
Also includes total of abt $95 million in grants to build local capacity
It "will ensure the Department’s resources are matched w/our strategy & policy to defend the nation & take care of our people, while revitalizing the key alliances & partnerships" per @SecDef Lloyd Austin
$715 billion budget request prioritizes "the need to counter the pacing threat from #China" per @DeptofDefense, and "...deterring nation-state threats emanating from #Russia, #Iran, & #NorthKorea"
.@DeptofDefense says the $715 billion budget request also addresses "threats to readiness, including hate group activity within the military, and prioritizing strong protections against harassment and discrimination"
NEW: US intelligence community/National Intelligence Council warns of "increasingly fractured" communities "as people seek security with like-minded groups" per just released #GlobalTrends2040 report "A more Contested World"
"The #COVID19 pandemic has reminded the world of its fragility & demonstrated the inherent risks of high levels of interdependence" per @ODNI_NIC, predicting "more intense challenges & cascading global challenges"
"These challenges will repeatedly test the resilience and adaptability of communities, states, and the international system, often exceeding the capacity of existing systems and models" per @ODNI_NIC
"We continue to see Russian forces arrayed along the border with Ukraine, in #Crimea specifically, more toward the southeast" per @PentagonPresSec "We're monitoring that very very closely...The intent is not completely clear"
"We have seen them build up forces along the southeast, including in #Crimea" per @PentagonPresSec "It is concerning"
"We call on #Russia to make their intentions more clear as to what they're doing w/this array of forces along the border [w/#Ukraine]" per @PentagonPresSec
"We continue to call for the cease fires that were called for by the #Minsk Agreement...& to bring the temperature down"