There's a lot of talk about governments throughout the world building their own ais primarily for the purpose of national security. among these are the governments of the u.s., china, india, the u.k. and france. it's said that this is why pausing or halting ai development is not a viable option. no country can afford to be left behind. government ais, however, perhaps with the exception of countries like china that maintain very close ties with private businesses, will for the most part be involved in security matters that have a little impact on the everyday lives of the citizens of those countries. at least in times of peace. the same cannot, however, be said for ais developed expressly for the private citizens and businesses of these countries. this is where the main battles of the ai a...