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01 Table of Contents
02 Chair and Vice Chair Letter
03 Commissioners
04 Executive Director Letter
05 Preface
06 Introduction
07 AI in Context
08 Chapter 1
09 Chapter 2
10 Chapter 3
11 Chapter 4
12 Chapter 5
13 Chapter 6
14 Chapter 7
15 Chapter 8
16 Chapter 9
17 Chapter 10
18 Chapter 11
19 Chapter 12
20 Chapter 13
21 Chapter 14
22 Chapter 15
23 Chapter 16
24 Appendices and Blueprints
25 Staff List
26 Contact Us

The Final Report


The mandate of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is to make recommendations to the President and Congress to “advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defense needs of the United States.”

This Final Report presents the NSCAI's strategy for winning the artificial intelligence era. The 16 chapters in the Main Report provide topline conclusions and recommendations. The accompanying Blueprints for Action outline more detailed steps that the U.S. Government should take to implement the recommendations.

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Introductory Materials

Chair and Vice Chair Letter
Commissioners
Preface and About the Commission
Executive Director Letter
Executive Summary

Introduction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies promise to be the most powerful tools in generations for expanding knowledge, increasing prosperity, and enriching the human experience. The technologies will be the foundation of the innovation economy and a source of enormous power for countries that harness them. AI will fuel competition between governments and companies racing to field it. And it will be employed by nation states to pursue their strategic ambitions.

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AI in Context

AI is not a single piece of hardware or software, but rather a constellation of technologies that depend on interrelated elements that can be envisioned as a stack. AI requires talent, data, hardware, algorithms, applications, and integration.

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Part 1: Defending America in the AI Era

Chapter 1

Emerging Threats in the AI Era

The U.S. government is not prepared to defend the United States in the coming AI era. AI applications are transforming existing threats, creating new classes of threats, and further emboldening state and non-state adversaries to exploit vulnerabilities in our open society.

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Chapter 2

Foundations of Future Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD) must set an ambitious goal. By 2025, the foundations for widespread integration of AI across DoD must be in place.

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Chapter 3

AI and Warfare

Even with the right AI-ready technology foundations in place, the U.S. military will still be at a battlefield disadvantage if it fails to adopt the right concepts and operations to employ AI.

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Chapter 4

Autonomous Weapon Systems and Risks Associated with AI-Enabled Warfare

While AI-enabled and autonomous weapon systems have the potential to provide substantial military and even humanitarian benefit, the United States must take steps, including with allies and competitors, to mitigate strategic risks posed by AI-enabled and autonomous weapon systems.

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Chapter 5

AI and the Future of National Intelligence

Intelligence will benefit from rapid adoption of AI-enabled technologies more than any other national security mission.

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Chapter 6

Technical Talent in Government

The United States government needs digital experts now or it will remain unprepared to buy, build, and use AI and its associated technologies.

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Chapter 7

Establishing Justified Confidence in AI Systems

AI systems must be developed and fielded with justified confidence. The recommendations cover five issue areas: robust and reliable AI; human-AI interaction and teaming; testing and evaluation; leadership; accountability and governance.

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Chapter 8

Upholding Democratic Values: Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights in Uses of AI for National Security

With new models of techno-authoritarian governance gaining traction abroad, the United States must continue to serve as a beacon of democratic values.

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Part 2: Winning the Technology Competition

Chapter 9

A Strategy for Competition and Cooperation

AI and other emerging technologies are driving the broader U.S.-China competition. The Commission urges the creation of a new White House body to develop a strategy for U.S. technological competitiveness and to identify areas for international cooperation.

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Chapter 10

The Talent Competition

The United States is in a global competition for scarce AI and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) talent. The United States needs to invest in all AI talent pipelines in order to remain at the forefront of AI now and into the future.

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Chapter 11

Accelerating AI Innovation

To remain the world’s leader in AI, the U.S. government must renew its commitment to investing in America’s national strength—innovation. This will require making substantial new investments in AI R&D and establishing a national AI research infrastructure that democratizes access to the resources that fuel AI.

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Chapter 12

Intellectual Property

China is both leveraging and exploiting intellectual property (IP) policies as a critical tool within its national strategies for emerging technologies. America’s IP laws and institutions must be considered as critical components for safeguarding U.S. national security interests, including advancing economic prosperity and technology competitiveness.

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Chapter 13

Microelectronics

U.S. leadership in microelectronics is critical to overall U.S. leadership in AI. But the United States is losing its edge and must take bold action to stay at least two generations ahead of potential adversaries and revitalize domestic semiconductor fabrication.

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Chapter 14

Technology Protection

As the margin of U.S. technological advantage narrows and foreign efforts to acquire American know-how and technology increase, the United States must reexamine how it can protect ideas, hardware, and companies, without unduly hindering innovation and research.

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Chapter 15

A Favorable International Technology Order

The U.S. must work with allies and partners for AI innovation and adoption that advances the international rules-based order, protects free and open societies, and unleashes economic prosperity.

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Chapter 16

Associated Technologies

The United States must view its efforts to lead in AI through the broader lens of competition across a range of emerging technologies, and, therefore, also support a comprehensive strategy to sustain U.S. leadership in key associated technologies.

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Appendices

All Appendices
Technical Glossary
Acronyms Found in This Report
Key Considerations for the Responsible Development and Fielding of Artificial Intelligence (Abridged)
Draft Legislative Language
Funding Recommendation Table
Commissioner Bios
Commission Staff and Contributors

Blueprints for Action

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Part I Blueprints
Part II Blueprints
Chapter 1 Blueprint
Chapter 2 Blueprint
Chapter 3 Blueprint
Chapter 5 Blueprint
Chapter 6 Blueprint
Chapter 7 Blueprint
Chapter 8 Blueprint
Chapter 9 Blueprint
Chapter 10 Blueprint
Chapter 11 Blueprint
Chapter 12 Blueprint
Chapter 13 Blueprint
Chapter 14 Blueprint
Chapter 15 Blueprint
Chapter 16 Blueprint

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