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Vo1. 38, No. 1, January/February 2020

Abstract

4 National Security Governance in the Era of Artificial Intelligence:
Application Paradigm, Risk Identification and Path Selection
QUE Tianshu and ZHANG Jiteng

[Abstract] As the core driving force of a new round of scientific and technological
revolution and industrial transformation, the development and application of artificial
intelligence (AI) has exerted serious and far-reaching impact on national security
governance while giving greater impetus to social development. The intrinsic
interactions between the AI technology and national security have become prominent
on the structural level. On the one hand, based on the practical application of
evolutionary empowerment, the AI technology can provide more effective
mechanisms for safeguarding national security in the fields of traditional security,
non-traditional security and their overlapping areas. On the other hand, the application
of the AI technology may render greater possibilities than previously thought.
Therefore, the application of the AI technology in national security governance has a
strong tendency to lead to contradictions between “boundary” and “effectiveness”,
between “efficiency” and “reliability”, and between “competition” and “stability”.
Any AI-caused imbalance of power and deteriorating security situation could
comprehensively damage national security, leaving national competitiveness; social
order and technological application exposed to shocks. It should be noted that the
national security risks brought about by the AI technology have gradually begun to
emerge, and a comprehensive assessment of the existing opportunities and challenges
will be the key to solving the security issues related to the AI technology. To this end,
China should not only facilitate the development of its AI technology but also
strengthen the research and prevention of the potential risks of this technology so as to
safeguard China’s national security and people’s interests.
[Keywords] artificial intelligence, national security, application paradigm, security
paradox, path selection
[Authors] QUE Tianshu, Deputy Director and Professor, Center for Rule of
Law Strategy Studies, East China University of Political Science and Law
(Shanghai, 200042); ZHANG Jiteng, Postgraduate of East China University of
Political Science and Law (Shanghai, 200042).

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