‘AI Nationalism’ is a widely read essay by the UK technologist Ian Hogarth that discusses the implications of AI and machine learning for Government policy and society.
‘The central prediction I want to make and defend in this post is that continued rapid progress in machine learning will drive the emergence of a new kind of geopolitics; I have been calling it AI Nationalism. Machine learning is an omni-use technology that will come to touch all sectors and parts of society. The transformation of both the economy and the military by machine learning will create instability at the national and international level forcing governments to act. AI policy will become the single most important area of government policy. An accelerated arms race will emerge between key countries and we will see increased protectionist state action to support national champions, block takeovers by foreign firms and attract talent.’
Later in the same essay, Hogarth discusses the 3 main ways that AI Nationalism will take effect.